إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle الثُرياthe Pleiades وَالهِلالand the crescent moon جلتهماrevealed them both
إِذا ما الثُريا وَالهِلال جلتهما
ليto me الشَمسthe sun إِذwhen وَدَعَتshe bade farewell to كُرهاًreluctantly نَهارهاher day
لي الشَمس إِذ وَدَعَت كُرهاً نَهارها
When the Pleiades and the crescent moon are unveiled
When Pleiades and the crescent moon appeared to me
to me by the sun, as she reluctantly bids farewell to her day,
Like the sun when she unwillingly bid farewell to her day
كَأَسماءَlike Asma إِذwhen زارَتshe visited عَشاءاًat evening وَغادَرَتand left behind
كَأَسماءَ إِذ زارَت عَشاءاً وَغادَرَت
لَدَيناwith us دَلالاًcoquettishly قُرطَهاher earring وَسِوارَهاand her bracelet
لَدَينا دَلالاً قُرطَها وَسِوارَها
like Asma, who visited at evening and left
Like Asma when she visited in the evening and left behind
with us, coyly, her earring and her bracelet;
Her anklets and bracelets at our place as a token
وَمُنقَلبand the turning الجَوزاءOrion يَحكيresembles وِشاحَهاher sash
وَمُنقَلب الجَوزاء يَحكي وِشاحَها
لآلئpearls فيهاin it لاnot تَخافshe fears اِنتِثارَهاtheir scattering
لآلئ فيها لا تَخاف اِنتِثارَها
and Orion's turning mirrors her sash—
And the turn of Gemini tells of her veil
pearls within it, whose scattering she does not fear;
With pearls in it, not fearing their scatter
وَأُنسيَand my solace بِالشعريin Sirius العُبورthe Crossing One كَدَمعةlike a tear
وَأُنسيَ بِالشعري العُبور كَدَمعة
بِعَينin the eye of مُحبٍّa lover لاnot يُحبُhe likes اِنحِدارَهاits falling
بِعَين مُحبٍّ لا يُحبُ اِنحِدارَها
and my solace in Sirius, the Crossing One, like a tear
And I was consoled by Sirius's passage like a teardrop
in the eye of a lover who does not wish it to fall;
In the eye of a lover who does not wish its descent
وَرعييand my watching سُهيلاًCanopus مِثلlike نارa fire برَبوَةٍon a hill
وَرعيي سُهيلاً مِثل نار برَبوَةٍ
يُحَركstirs مِنهاfrom it الموقِداتthe fire-kindlers اِستعارهاits blazing
يُحَرك مِنها الموقِدات اِستعارها
and my watching Canopus, like a fire on a hill,
And I herded Suhail like an ember's fire
whose blaze sets its kindlers astir;
From which the kindlers borrowed its sparks
وَنَهجand a path اِبيضاضwhiteness لِلمَجرةof the Milky Way لاحبbroad and clearly marked
وَنَهج اِبيضاض لِلمَجرة لاحب
إِذاwhen شَقَit cleaves مِنfrom رَوضa meadow النَباتvegetation اِستتارهاits concealment
إِذا شَقَ مِن رَوض النَبات اِستتارها
and the Milky Way's broad, clearly marked path of white,
And the Milky Way's trail shone for the galaxy unhidden
when it cleaves its veil of meadow plants.
When it split through the garden of plants, revealing its brilliance
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