1. وَإِنّ الثريّا وَالكَواكِبَ حَولَها

    وَبَدرَ السّما فيها بِأَرضِ زَبَرجَدِ

    And indeed the Pleiades and the stars around them,

    And heaven’s full moon among them, upon a ground of chrysolite,

  2. لِعُنقودِ دَرٍّ قَد تَناثَرَ حَبُّهُ

    حَواليهِ مِن حِبٍّ لَدى صَحنِ عَسجَدِ

    Are a cluster of pearls whose beads have been scattered

    Around it by a beloved, beside a dish of gold.