مَنارَةٌ كَثُرت سُرْجاً وَقَد رُفِعت

مَنارَةٌ كَثُرت سُرْجاً وَقَد رُفِعت

فَخِلتَها كَالثّريّا دونَ ما رِيَبِ

فَخِلتَها كَالثّريّا دونَ ما رِيَبِ

A minaret whose lamps were many, raised aloft—

A lampstand, bearing many lamps, had been raised;

I took it for the Pleiades, without a trace of doubt;

so you thought it was like the Pleiades, without a doubt.

إِذ أَنّها سَمِعَت إِنشادَ مُنشِدنا

إِذ أَنّها سَمِعَت إِنشادَ مُنشِدنا

إِلَيهِ قَد هَبَطَت رَقصاً مِنَ الطرَبِ

إِلَيهِ قَد هَبَطَت رَقصاً مِنَ الطرَبِ

for it had heard our chanter’s song,

For when it heard our chanter's chanting,

and descended toward him, dancing with delight.

it descended toward him, dancing in rapture.