ولماand when تعالىrose high البدرُthe full moon وامتدَّand spread ضوؤُهُits light
ولما تعالى البدرُ وامتدَّ ضوؤُهُ
بدجلةَover the Tigris فيin تشرينَTishrin بالطولِlengthwise والعَرْضِand breadthwise
بدجلةَ في تشرينَ بالطولِ والعَرْضِ
And when the full moon rose high and its light spread
When the full moon rose and spread its light
over the Tigris in Tishrin, lengthwise and breadthwise,
Over the Tigris in October with its length and breadth,
وقدand had قابلmet الماءَthe water المفضضsilvered نورهits light
وقد قابل الماءَ المفضض نوره
وبعضُand some نجومstars الليلthe night يقفوfollows سناradiance بعضothers
وبعضُ نجوم الليل يقفو سنا بعض
and its light had met the silvered water,
And when its scattered light met the water
and some stars of the night followed the radiance of others,
And some stars still joined each other in the night,
توهَّمimagined ذوone with العينthe eye البصيرةِdiscerning أنهthat he
توهَّم ذو العين البصيرةِ أنه
يرىsees باطنَinterior الأفلاكِthe celestial spheres فيin ظاهِرsurface الأرضthe earth
يرى باطنَ الأفلاكِ في ظاهِر الأرض
one with a discerning eye imagined that he
The one with seeing eyes imagined
saw the interior of the celestial spheres on the earth's surface.
He saw the inner spheres within the surface of the earth.