1. The scorpion's claws settled on his cheek
Like a moon, outshining any comparison.
١. حَلَّت عَقَارِبُ صُدغِهِ في خَدِّهِ
قَمَرا فَجَلَّ بِهَا عَنِ التَّشبِيهِ
2. We knew him to settle in its constellation,
So how strange that it settled on him!
٢. وَلَقَد عَهِدنَاهُ يَحلُّ بِبُرجِهَا
فَمِنَ العَجَائِبِ كَيفَ حَلَّت فِيهِ