كأنّas though نجومstars الليلthe night فيin ظلماتهits darkness
كأنّ نجوم الليل في ظلماته
ثغورُteeth بنيsons of حامٍHam بَدَتappeared للثاتagainst gums
ثغورُ بني حامٍ بَدَت للثات
As though the stars of night, in its darkness,
As if the stars of night in its darkness
Were the teeth of Ham’s sons, showing against their gums.
Were the gaps of the sons of Ham that appeared to the wanderer
Sol 6.1