تَرَاخَتْslackened رُوَيْداًslowly سُدُولُcurtains الدَّجَىnight's darkness
تَرَاخَتْ رُوَيْداً سُدُولُ الدَّجَى
وَغَابَand vanished مِنَof النُورِthe light إِلاَّexcept القَلِيلْa little
وَغَابَ مِنَ النُورِ إِلاَّ القَلِيلْ
Slowly the curtains of night drooped,
The darkness falls softly slowly
And all but a little of the light faded;
And little light remains
وَمَاand not عَتَّمdelayed الكوْنُthe universe حَتَّىuntil سَجَاgrew still
وَمَا عَتَّم الكوْنُ حَتَّى سَجَا
سِوَىsave for خَطَرَاتِstirrings النَّسِيمِthe breeze العَلِيلْgentle
سِوَى خَطَرَاتِ النَّسِيمِ العَلِيلْ
And before long the universe grew still,
The world is not yet covered in black
Save for the stirrings of the gentle breeze.
Save hints of breeze, weak and frail