وبين يميني واليسار مسافةٌ

وبين يميني واليسار مسافةٌ

كأنّ السّها من قفرها قُرب وثبة

كأنّ السّها من قفرها قُرب وثبة

And between my right hand and the left lies a distance,

Between my right and left is a distance

beside whose barren expanse Suha seems but a leap away.

As if the emptiness with its wasteland is but a leap away

لئن زعموا أنّ الخلاء وجُودُهُ

لئن زعموا أنّ الخلاء وجُودُهُ

مُحالٌ فمنقوضٌ بكفيّ وكيستي

مُحالٌ فمنقوضٌ بكفيّ وكيستي

If indeed they claim that the existence of a void

If they claim that the void and its existence

is impossible, my two palms and my purse refute their claim.

Is impossible, then it is refuted by my palm and bag