بَشَّرَ بالصُّبحِ كَوكَبُ الصُبحِ

بَشَّرَ بالصُّبحِ كَوكَبُ الصُبحِ

فاضَ وَجُنْحُ الدُّجَى كَلا جُنْحِ

فاضَ وَجُنْحُ الدُّجَى كَلا جُنْحِ

The morning star heralded the dawn.

The morning star heralded the dawn

It poured forth, and darkness’s wing was as though no wing at all.

The wings of darkness receded, wing by wing

فَهْوَ على الفَجرِ كالسّنانِ هَوَى

فَهْوَ على الفَجرِ كالسّنانِ هَوَى

لِلْعَينِ كما هَوَى على رُمْحِ

لِلْعَينِ كما هَوَى على رُمْحِ

So, above the dawn, it is like a spearhead that has fallen,

It fell upon the dawn like an arrow falling

To the eye, just as it has fallen onto a lance.

Upon the eye as it would fall on a lance