أُراعي نُجومَ اللَيلِ وَهيَ كَأَنَّها

أُراعي نُجومَ اللَيلِ وَهيَ كَأَنَّها

كَواعِبُ تَرنو مِن بَراقِعِ سُندُسِ

كَواعِبُ تَرنو مِن بَراقِعِ سُندُسِ

I watch the stars of night, and they seem to be

young maidens peering from face-veils of fine silk.

كَأَنَّ الثُرَيّا فيهِ باقَةُ سَوسَنٍ

كَأَنَّ الثُرَيّا فيهِ باقَةُ سَوسَنٍ

وَما حَولَها مِنهُنَّ طاقَةُ نَرجِسِ

وَما حَولَها مِنهُنَّ طاقَةُ نَرجِسِ

As though the Pleiades therein were a bouquet of lilies,

and those of them around it were a spray of narcissus.