تخالهyou imagine it فلكاًa celestial sphere قدalready سارَset forth محتوياًcontaining
تخاله فلكاً قد سارَ محتوياً
علىupon النهارthe day وجنحand the wing of الليلthe night فيin نسقِorder
على النهار وجنح الليل في نسقِ
You imagine it a celestial sphere that has set forth, containing
I imagined him a sphere traversing
The day and the wing of night in ordered array.
Daylight and the night's wings in harmony
فكمso how many لسنبكهfor its hoof نجمٌa star إذاwhen قرعstrikes الصفاthe smooth rock
فكم لسنبكه نجمٌ إذا قرع الصفا
وكمand how many منof هلالٍa crescent منهfrom it فيon الطرقthe roads
وكم من هلالٍ منه في الطرق
How many a star springs from its hoof when it strikes the smooth rock,
For each lock of his, a star chimes Safa
And how many a crescent it leaves upon the roads!
And each smile of his, a crescent on paths
Sol 6.1