كمhow often زارنيhe visited me والثرياand the Pleiades يلوهاfollows them قمرٌa moon
كم زارني والثريا يلوها قمرٌ
والليلand the night منسدلُhanging down الأذيالthe hems والطنبand the tent ropes
والليل منسدلُ الأذيال والطنب
How often he visited me while a moon followed the Pleiades,
How many have visited me, the chandelier adorned by the moon,
And night’s hems and tent ropes hung down,
As the night lowers its tails and tambourines,
كأسودlike a black man ولهand he has كفa hand خواتمهاits rings
كأسود وله كف خواتمها
درpearls تحملit carries مرآةًa mirror منof الذهبgold
در تحمل مرآةً من الذهب
Like a black man with a hand whose rings were
Like lions whose paws are ringed
Pearls, the hand holding a mirror of gold.
Bearing a golden mirror
Sol 6.1