وليلٍand a night بعيدُdistant الجانبينِthe two ends سهرتهI spent it awake
وليلٍ بعيدُ الجانبينِ سهرته
معwith النجمthe stars حتىuntil مقلتيmy eye ليسdoes not تطبقُclose
مع النجم حتى مقلتي ليس تطبقُ
And a night whose two ends lay far apart I spent awake,
Long was the night whose sides I passed in wakefulness
with the stars, until my eye would not close.
With a star, until my eyelids would no more shut.
وقدand already جنحتْinclined فيهin it الثرياthe Pleiades كأنهاas though they were
وقد جنحتْ فيه الثريا كأنها
علىupon عاتقِthe shoulder الجوزاءِOrion قرطٌan earring معلقُhanging
على عاتقِ الجوزاءِ قرطٌ معلقُ
And in it the Pleiades had inclined, as though they were
In it the Pleiades had inclined, as though
an earring hanging upon Orion’s shoulder.
A necklace hung upon the shoulder of the Camel-driver.
Sol 6.1