لَيلٍa night كَماas though نَفَضَshook out الغُرابُthe raven جَناحَهُits wing
لَيلٍ كَما نَفَضَ الغُرابُ جَناحَهُ
مُتَبَقِّعُspeckled الأَعلىthe upper part بَهيمُpitch-black الأَسفَلِthe lower part
مُتَبَقِّعُ الأَعلى بَهيمُ الأَسفَلِ
A night as though a raven had shaken out its wing,
A night as though a raven had shaken out its wing,
Mottled in its heights, pitch-black below.
Speckled above, pitch-black below.
تَبدوappear الكَواكِبُthe stars مِنthrough فُتوقِrifts ظَلامِهِits darkness
تَبدو الكَواكِبُ مِن فُتوقِ ظَلامِهِ
لَمعَthe gleam الأَسِنَّةِthe spearheads مِنthrough فُتوقِrifts القَسطَلِthe dust cloud
لَمعَ الأَسِنَّةِ مِن فُتوقِ القَسطَلِ
The stars appear through rents in its darkness,
The stars appear through rifts in its darkness,
Like the gleam of spearheads through rents in battle-dust.
Like the gleam of spearheads through rifts in a dust cloud.
وَتَرىand you see الكَواكِبَthe stars فيin المَجَرَّةِthe Milky Way شُرَّعاًpoised to drink
وَتَرى الكَواكِبَ في المَجَرَّةِ شُرَّعاً
مِثلَlike الظِباءِthe gazelles كَوارِعاًdrinking فيin جَدوَلِa stream
مِثلَ الظِباءِ كَوارِعاً في جَدوَلِ
And you see the stars entering the Milky Way,
And you see the stars in the Milky Way, poised to drink,
Like gazelles wading in a stream.
Like gazelles drinking from a stream.
Sol 6.1