ياO فائقاًone excelling فيin عُلومِthe sciences of الكَمِّquantity أجْمَعِهاall of them
يا فائقاً في عُلومِ الكَمِّ أجْمَعِها
مِنْincluding مُوسِقَىmusic وارْتَماطيقيand arithmetic وأشكالِand geometrical figures
مِنْ مُوسِقَى وارْتَماطيقي وأشكالِ
O you who excel in all the sciences of quantity,
O one surpassing in all branches of mathematics
in music, arithmetic, and geometrical figures,
Of music, geometry, and figures
قلْsay أيُّwhat شيءٍthing يُساويequals النصفُthe half منْهُof it لِثُلto one- (fraction continued)
قلْ أيُّ شيءٍ يُساوي النصفُ منْهُ لِثُل
ثِthird (completing the fraction) العشرthe tenth منof ثُمنهits eighth منwith غيرno إشكالِambiguity
ثِ العشر من ثُمنه من غير إشكالِ
say: what thing has half of it equal to one-
Tell me what thing equals half of it for a third
third of the tenth of its eighth, without ambiguity?
Of an eighth of it without complications
وهوand it إذاwhen زِيدَis added ثانيهِits second وخامِسُهُand its fifth
وهو إذا زِيدَ ثانيهِ وخامِسُهُ
لِعَدِّto the count of أوَّلthe first of شَطْرَيْهِits two halves بإجمالِin total
لِعَدِّ أوَّل شَطْرَيْهِ بإجمالِ
And when its second and fifth are added
And if its second and its fifth are added
to the total count of the first of its two halves,
To the count of its first two halves in total
أضْحىit becomes دَلِيلاًan indication علىof شَكْلٍa figure مَقاطِعُهُits segments
أضْحى دَلِيلاً على شَكْلٍ مَقاطِعُهُ
ضَرْبٌa kind منof المُوسِقىmusic مُسْتَظْرَفُcharming الحالِin character
ضَرْبٌ من المُوسِقى مُسْتَظْرَفُ الحالِ
it comes to signify a figure whose segments
It becomes evidence of a shape whose sections
are a kind of music, charming in character.
Are a type of ingenious music
حَدَّاهُits two boundaries منon جِهَتَيْهِits two sides نِصْفُhalf of دائِرةٍa circle
حَدَّاهُ من جِهَتَيْهِ نِصْفُ دائِرةٍ
وخَطٌّand a line اكْتَنَفاهُthe two enclose it دُونَwithout إهمالِomission
وخَطٌّ اكْتَنَفاهُ دُونَ إهمالِ
Its two boundaries, on either side, are a semicircle
Bounded on both sides by a semicircle
and a line, which together enclose it without omission.
And a line enclosing it without neglect