1. Like a howdah on a she-camel is Pleiades,
With it a guide urges a restless one westwards,
١. كَأَنَّ الثُرَيّا هَودَجٌ فَوقَ ناقَةٍ
يَحُثُّ بِها حادٍ إِلى الغَربِ مُزعَجُ
2. And it shone until it seemed that its brightness
Were in it mercury flasks shaking to and fro.
٢. وَقَد لَمَعَت حَتّى كَأَنَّ بَريقَها
قَواريرُ فيها زِئبَقٌ يَتَرَجرَجُ