إذاwhen أدارتْturned بنانُهhis fingertips قلماًa pen
إذا أدارتْ بنانُه قلماً
لمdid not تدرِyou know للشِّبهِbecause of the resemblance أيُّهاwhich of them القلمُthe pen
لم تدرِ للشِّبهِ أيُّها القلمُ
When his fingertips set a pen in motion,
When his fingertips turned a pen,
you cannot tell, so alike are they, which of them is the pen.
You could not tell, so alike were they, which of them was the pen.
