1. حتى إذا لَهَبان الصيف هَبَّ له

    وافغر الكالئين النجم أو كَرَبوا

    Until, when summer’s blazing heat blew upon him,

    And the star made the watchers gape—or they nearly did—

  2. وساقت الشعريان الفجر بعضهما

    فيه وبعضهما بالليل محتجبُ

    And the two Shiʿrā stars ushered in the dawn, one of them

    Within it, while the other was veiled by night.