كَأَنَّas though هِلالَthe crescent الشَهرِof the month قِطعَةُa fragment دُملُجٍof an armlet
كَأَنَّ هِلالَ الشَهرِ قِطعَةُ دُملُجٍ
تَلوحُgleams عَلىupon أَعضاءِlimbs مُعتَكِرٍmurky غاسِdark
تَلوحُ عَلى أَعضاءِ مُعتَكِرٍ غاسِ
As though the month's crescent were a piece of an armlet,
The month's crescent is like a fragment of an armlet,
gleaming upon the limbs of a murky, pitch-black night.
gleaming upon the limbs of murky, dark night.
تَرىyou see الزَهرَةَVenus الزَهراءَradiant تَهويdescends وَراءَهُbehind it
تَرى الزَهرَةَ الزَهراءَ تَهوي وَراءَهُ
كَماjust as مَرَّsped سَهمٌan arrow قاصِدٌheading straight نَحوَtoward قِرطاسِa paper target
كَما مَرَّ سَهمٌ قاصِدٌ نَحوَ قِرطاسِ
You see radiant Venus hurtling behind it,
You see radiant Venus descending behind it,
like an arrow flying straight toward a paper target.
as an arrow sped straight toward a paper target.
Sol 6.1