أُراعيI watch نُجومَthe stars of اللَيلِthe night وَهيَand they كَأَنَّهاas though they were
أُراعي نُجومَ اللَيلِ وَهيَ كَأَنَّها
كَواعِبُfull-breasted maidens تَرنوgazing مِنfrom بَراقِعِveils of سُندُسِfine silk
كَواعِبُ تَرنو مِن بَراقِعِ سُندُسِ
I watch the stars of night, and they seem like
full-breasted maidens gazing from veils of fine silk.
كَأَنَّas though الثُرَيّاthe Pleiades فيهِin it باقَةُa bouquet of سَوسَنٍlilies
كَأَنَّ الثُرَيّا فيهِ باقَةُ سَوسَنٍ
وَماand those حَولَهاaround them مِنهُنَّamong them طاقَةُa posy of نَرجِسِnarcissi
وَما حَولَها مِنهُنَّ طاقَةُ نَرجِسِ
As though the Pleiades in it were a bouquet of lilies,
and the stars around them a posy of narcissi.
Sol 6.1