أماdo ... not ترىyou see ذاthis الفلكَthe celestial sphere السائِراmoving
أما ترى ذا الفلكَ السائِرا
أبيتُI spend the night منbecause of هَمٍّanxiety بهabout it ساهراawake
أبيتُ من هَمٍّ به ساهرا
Do you not see this moving celestial sphere?
Behold this ever-moving sky,
I spend the night awake with worry over it,
I've spent the night awake wondering of it,
مُفكِّراًpondering فيهabout it وفيand about أمرهِits nature
مُفكِّراً فيه وفي أمرهِ
فماso ... not أرىI see خَلقاًa creature بهabout it خابِراknowledgeable
فما أرى خَلقاً به خابِرا
Pondering it and its nature,
Thinking of it and its affairs,
For I see no creature versed in it,
Yet I see no one conversing of it,
يُخبِرُhe tells عنabout لُطفِsubtlety تدابيرهِits arrangements
يُخبِرُ عن لُطفِ تدابيرهِ
وكيفَand how أضحىit became لِلوَرَىto humankind حاضِراpresent
وكيفَ أضحى لِلوَرَى حاضِرا
Who can tell of the subtlety of its arrangements,
Speaking of the subtlety of its workings
And how it came to be present to humankind.
And how it's become present for all to see.
ياoh ليتَif only شِعريmy knowing هلwhether أُرىI am seen مرَّةًonce
يا ليتَ شِعري هل أُرى مرَّةً
أكونُI would be فيamong أبراجهِits zodiacal signs سائراjourneying
أكونُ في أبراجهِ سائرا
Oh, would that I knew: shall I ever be seen
Oh, would that I know, will I ever
Journeying among its zodiacal signs?
Travel through its constellations?
أكونُI would be معwith طالعهِwhat rises in it طالِعاًrising
أكونُ مع طالعهِ طالِعاً
طَوراًat times ومعand with غائِرهِwhat sets in it غائراsetting
طَوراً ومع غائِرهِ غائرا
I would rise with what rises in it,
Rising with its rising, setting with its setting,
At times, and set with what sets in it,
Until I see the sum of its workings
حتىso that أرىI see جُملةthe entirety of تدبيرهِits ordering
حتى أرى جُملة تدبيرهِ
وأعرِفَand I know المستُورَthe hidden والظاهراand the manifest
وأعرِفَ المستُورَ والظاهرا
So that I may see its ordering in full
And know both its hidden and its manifest.
And know what is hidden and what is manifest.
Partial English translation: 11 of 12 Arabic lines translated.