وليلٍand a night بعيدُfar apart الجانبينِthe two ends سهرتهI spent it awake
وليلٍ بعيدُ الجانبينِ سهرته
معwith النجمthe star حتىuntil مقلتيmy eye ليسnot تطبقُcloses
مع النجم حتى مقلتي ليس تطبقُ
And a night whose two ends lay far apart I spent awake,
Through a long far-stretching night I stayed awake,
with the stars, until my eye could not close.
With a star, till my eyelids would no more shut.
وقدand had جنحتْinclined فيهin it الثرياthe Pleiades كأنهاas though they were
وقد جنحتْ فيه الثريا كأنها
علىon عاتقِshoulder الجوزاءِOrion قرطٌan earring معلقُhanging
على عاتقِ الجوزاءِ قرطٌ معلقُ
And in it the Pleiades had inclined, as though they were
And the Pleiades it seemed were poised
an earring hanging from Orion’s shoulder.
Like a necklace on Aldebaran's shoulder hung.
Sol 6.1