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Do you not see the moon and Venus

أما ترى الزهرة والهلال

1. Do you not see the moon and Venus
Come with wonder

١. أَما تَرى الزُهرَةَ وَال
هِلالَ جاءا بِالعَجَب

2. Those two shine
Among the stars burning

٢. تُضيءُ هاتيكَ وَذا
بَينَ النُجومِ يَلتَهِب

3. Like cups of silver
And icicles of gold

٣. كَأُكرَةٍ مِن فَضَّةٍ
وَصَولَجانٍ مِن ذَهَبِ

4. Drink in their light
Serve me them and choose

٤. فَاِشرَب عَلى نورَيهِما
وَسَقِّنيها وَاِنتَخِب

5. They blamed us and it was not right
And we threw amber in the dust

٥. قَد هَجَونا وَكانَ غَيرَ صَوابِ
وَرَمَينا لِعَنبَرٍ في تُرابِ

6. And we wronged the sword while it was sharp
When we put it in the lowest sheath

٦. وَظَلَمنا الحُسامَ وَهوَ صَقيلٌ
إِذا جَعَلناهُ في اَخَسِّ قِرابِ

7. If we had known the destiny we wove for it
We would not have laid it in the ruins to waste away

٧. لَو عَرَفنا لِما نَسَجناهُ قَدراً
ما فَرَشناهُ في خَرابٍ يَبابِ

8. My wonder in myself when I came with a sun
How could I possibly have brought it out in the fog

٨. عَجَبي فِيَّ إِذ اَتَيتُ بِشَمسٍ
كَيفَ حَتّى أَطلَعتُها في ضَبابِ

9. Oh what a mistake that was, else what
Would a falcon's catch benefit the crow

٩. يا لَها غَلطَةً وَإِلّا فَما ذا
يَنفَعُ البازَ صَيدُهُ لِلغُرابِ