ياO ليلةnight زهرتshone نجومstars ظلامهاits darkness
يا ليلة زهرت نجوم ظلامها
ولهاand it has منfrom الميزانLibra (the Scales) حسنٌbeauty راجحoutweighing
ولها من الميزان حسنٌ راجح
O night, whose stars shone in the darkness,
Oh night that blossoms with dark stars
And whose beauty from Libra tips the scales.
And tips the scales with beauty weighed,
كنتyou had اشتبهتyou resembled براسto a head أسودblack شائبٍgraying
كنت اشتبهت براس أسود شائبٍ
فإذاthen behold المجرةُthe Milky Way فيكin you فرقa parting in the hair واضحdistinct
فإذا المجرةُ فيك فرق واضح
You had resembled a black-haired head gone gray;
I thought some silver head drew near,
Then behold: the Milky Way in you is a distinct parting.
But lo, the Milky Way displayed.
Sol 6.1