هَلdoes يَفرَحُrejoice الناعِبُthe cawing bird الغَدافُthe black raven بِسُقياat the watering of الthe (continued)
هَل يَفرَحُ الناعِبُ الغَدافُ بِسُقيا ال
أَرضِearth إِنif طالِعُrising star الدُجىthe darkness of night سَقَطاhas fallen
أَرضِ إِن طالِعُ الدُجى سَقَطا
Does the cawing black raven rejoice at the watering of the
earth, if the rising star of night has fallen?
يَلهَمُknows instinctively أَنَّthat التُرابَthe soil إِنif وَقَعَfalls الthe (continued)
يَلهَمُ أَنَّ التُرابَ إِن وَقَعَ ال
غَيثُrain أَتىcomes بِالحُبوبِwith the grains فَاِلتَقَطاso it picks them up
غَيثُ أَتى بِالحُبوبِ فَاِلتَقَطا
It knows by instinct that the soil, should there fall the
rain, yields grain, which the raven then gathers.
سَبَّحَglorified لِلَّهِto God ناعِبٌa cawing bird صَوتُهُits voice غا“ghā—” (start of a caw)
سَبَّحَ لِلَّهِ ناعِبٌ صَوتُهُ غا
قِ“—q” (end of the caw) وَكِدريَّةٌand a dusky sandgrouse تَصيحُcries out قَطا“qaṭā” (its cry)
قِ وَكِدريَّةٌ تَصيحُ قَطا
A cawing bird glorified God, its voice “ghā—
—q”; and a dusky sandgrouse cries “qaṭā.”
وَلَوand if جُزيناwe were requited عَلىaccording to خَلائِقِناour natures
وَلَو جُزينا عَلى خَلائِقِنا
أَمسَكَwould hold back عَنّاfrom us الحَياthe rain فَماso not نَقَطاdrip
أَمسَكَ عَنّا الحَيا فَما نَقَطا
And were we requited according to our natures,
the rain would hold back from us, not dripping a drop.
Translation model: Sol 6.1