1. Do you not see the darkness as it departs
And the Pleiades as they hang low?
١. أَلَسْتَ تَرى الظَّلامَ وقَدْ تَوَلّى
وعُنْقودَ الثُّرَيّا وقَدْ تَدَلّى
2. So brew a coffee whose age remains
Only its grounds.
٢. فَدونَكَ قَهْوَةً لَمْ يُبْقَ مِنْها
تَقادُمُ عَهْدِها إِلاَّ الأَقَلاَّ
3. We slipped closer as the night grew dim
And the gloom made a sun and shade.
٣. بَزَلْنا دَنَّها واللَّيْلُ داجٍ
فَصَيَّرَتِ الدُّجى شَمْساً وظِلاَّ