Gemini 3.5 Flash

  1. أَشرَفَ البَدرُ عَلى الغا

    بَةِ في إِحدى اللَيالي

    The full moon rose over the for-

    -est, on one of the nights,

  2. فَرَأى الثَعلَبَ يَمشي

    خِلسَةً بَينَ الدَوالي

    And saw the fox walking

    Stealthily among the grapevines.

  3. كُلَّما لاحَ خَيالٌ خافَ

    مِن ذاكَ الخَيالِ وَاِقشَعَرّا

    Whenever a shadow loomed, he feared

    That very shadow, and shivered.

  4. وَرَأى لَيثاً هَسوراً

    واقِفاً عِندَ الغَدير

    He saw a ravaging lion

    Standing beside the pool.

  5. كُلَّما اِستَشعَرَ حِسّاً

    مَلَأَ الوادي زَئير

    Whenever he sensed a sound,

    He filled the valley with roaring.

  6. فَإِذا بِالماءِ يَجري خائِفاً

    عِندَ الصُخور مُكفَهِرّا

    So the water flows in fear,

    Beside the rocks, dark and scowling.

  7. وَرَأى البَدَر اِبنُ آوى

    يَتَهادى في الفَضاء

    Then the jackal saw the full moon

    Gliding slowly through space,

  8. كَمَليكٍ حَولَهُ الشُه

    بُ جُنودٌ وَإِماء

    Like a king, around whom the mete-

    -ors are soldiers and handmaids.

  9. قالَ لَو كُنتُ رَفيقَ البَدرِ

    أَو بَدرَ السَماء أَو خَيالَه

    He said, "If only I were the moon's companion,

    Or the moon of the sky, or its image,

  10. عِشتُ حُرّاً جِرَتي الشُهبُ

    وَلي الظَلماءُ مَركَب

    I would live free, the stars my neighbors,

    And the darkness my vessel.

  11. آمِناً أَلعَبُ بِالبَرقِ

    وَطَوراً بِيَ يَلعَبُ

    Safe, I would play with the lightning,

    And at times, it would play with me.

  12. لا أُبالي سَطَوةَ الراعي وَلا

    الكَلبَ المُجَرَّب وَصِيالَه

    I would heed neither the shepherd's might nor

    The veteran dog and his assault."

  13. غَيرَ أَنَّ اللَيثَ لَمّا

    أَبصَرَ البَدَر الضَحوكا

    Except that the lion, when

    He sighted the laughing moon,

  14. قالَ يا اِبنَ اللَيلِ مَهما

    أَشتَهي لا أَشتَهيكا

    Said, "O son of the night, however much

    I hunger, I do not hunger for you.

  15. أَنتَ وَضّاحٌ وَلَكِن قاحِلٌ

    لا صَيدَ فيكا أَو حِيالَك

    You are luminous, but you are barren;

    There is no prey in you or around you.

  16. لَكَ هَذا الأُفقُ لَكِن

    هُوَ أَيضاً لِلكَواكب

    Yours is this horizon, but

    It belongs also to the stars.

  17. إِنَّما لَو كُنتَ لَيثاً

    ذا نُيوبٍ وَمَخالِب

    Yet, if you were a lion

    Possessor of fangs and claws,

  18. لَم تَعِث في وَجهِكَ الوَضّاحِ

    أَلحاظَ الثَعالِب صُن جَمالَك

    There would not trifle with your bright face

    The glances of foxes; guard your beauty."