فكأن السماء بحرٌ محيطٌ

فكأن السماء بحرٌ محيطٌ

وكأن البحر المحيط سماء

وكأن البحر المحيط سماء

So it is as though the sky were an encircling sea,

As if the sky is a boundless sea

And as though the encircling sea were a sky.

And as if the boundless sea is the sky