سهِرْنَاwe kept vigil وَفِيand in سيْرِthe course of النَّجُومِthe stars اعْتِبَارُنَاour reflection
سهِرْنَا وَفِي سيْرِ النَّجُومِ اعْتِبَارُنَا
إِلَىuntil أَنْthat ضَفَاspread wide لِلَّيْلِfor the night مِنْfrom فَوْقِنَاabove us رَيْطُdrapery
إِلَى أَنْ ضَفَا لِلَّيْلِ مِنْ فَوْقِنَا رَيْطُ
We kept vigil, finding lessons in the course of the stars,
Until night's drapery spread wide above us.
فَخِلْنَاso we imagined شِهَابa meteor الرَّجْمِthe pelting إِبْرَةَa needle خَائِطٍa tailor
فَخِلْنَا شِهَاب الرَّجْمِ إِبْرَةَ خَائِطٍ
مُسُوحَاًsackcloth garments وَمَاand what يبْقَىremains مِنَof الذَّنَبِthe tail الْخَيْطُthe thread
مُسُوحَاً وَمَا يبْقَى مِنَ الذَّنَبِ الْخَيْطُ
So we imagined the pelting meteor as the needle of a tailor
Sewing sackcloth, and what remains of its tail as the thread.
Sol 6.1