وَاللَيلُand the night يَمشيwalks مَشيَةَthe gait of الوَئيدِthe slow-paced one
وَاللَيلُ يَمشي مَشيَةَ الوَئيدِ
فيin الخُضرِthe green garments مِنof لِباسِهِits clothing وَالسودِand the black garments
في الخُضرِ مِن لِباسِهِ وَالسودِ
And night walks with a slow, deliberate gait,
The night walks with the gait of one exhausted,
In the green and black of its robes;
In the greenness of its garb and the blackness.
وَالصُبحُand dawn فيat أُخراهُits rear ثانيbending الجيدِthe neck
وَالصُبحُ في أُخراهُ ثاني الجيدِ
وَبِسُهَيلٍand in Suhayl رِعدَةُthe trembling of المَزؤودِthe terror-stricken one
وَبِسُهَيلٍ رِعدَةُ المَزؤودِ
And dawn, behind it, bends its neck.
And the dawn at its back is excellent in merit,
And Suhayl trembles like one struck with fear,
With Suhayl like the rumble of thunder.
وَهوَand it مِنَfrom الأَنجُمِthe stars فيin مَحيدِa place apart
وَهوَ مِنَ الأَنجُمِ في مَحيدِ
حَلَّhas settled مَحَلَّin the place of الرَجُلِthe man الطَريدِthe outcast
حَلَّ مَحَلَّ الرَجُلِ الطَريدِ
And it stands apart from the stars;
It has taken the place of a glorious man,
It has taken the place of an outcast man.
Among the stars, on an elevated plain.
وَبِالثُرَيّاand in the Pleiades أَثَرَa trace of الخُمودِdying down
وَبِالثُرَيّا أَثَرَ الخُمودِ
كَالنارِlike a fire لاnot تُسعَفُis supplied بِالوُقودِwith fuel
كَالنارِ لا تُسعَفُ بِالوُقودِ
And the Pleiades bear a trace of fading,
With the Pleiades, it leaves a trace of somnolence,
Like a fire not supplied with fuel,
Like a fire not revived with fuel.
فيamong أَنجُمٍstars كَرَبرَبٍlike a herd of wild cattle فيin بيدِdesert wastes
في أَنجُمٍ كَرَبرَبٍ في بيدِ
يَلوحُgleams فيin التَصويبِdescent وَالتَصعيدِand ascent
يَلوحُ في التَصويبِ وَالتَصعيدِ
Among stars like a herd of wild cattle in desert wastes,
In stars like the blinking of the bleary-eyed,
Gleaming in descent and ascent,
It gleams, rising and descending.
كَشُرفاتِlike the battlements of فَدَنٍa palace مَشيدِlofty
كَشُرفاتِ فَدَنٍ مَشيدِ
Like the battlements of a lofty palace.
Like the terraces of a lofty structure.
Sol 6.1