1. كَأَنَّ سَنا خَط المَجَرة بِينَها

    تَرقرق ماءٍ بَينَ نُواره جار

    As though the radiance of the Milky Way’s path among them

    were the rippling of flowing water among its blossoms;

  2. كَأَنَّ يَد الجَوزاء مِن لَمع برقها

    تَهز صَفيحاً أَو تشب سَنا نار

    as though Orion’s hand, amid the flashes of its lightning,

    were brandishing a blade, or kindling a fire’s blaze.