رُبَّ نُجُومٍ في زَمانٍ أَوْرَقِ

رُبَّ نُجُومٍ في زَمانٍ أَوْرَقِ

راعَيْتُها في مَغْرِبٍ ومَشْرِقِ

راعَيْتُها في مَغْرِبٍ ومَشْرِقِ

Many a star in a season of new leaves

I watched in the west and the east.

كأَنَّها مِنْ خَجَلٍ لَمْ تُطْرِقِ

كأَنَّها مِنْ خَجَلٍ لَمْ تُطْرِقِ

أَوْ نَرْجِسٍ في رَوْضَةٍ مُفَرَّقِ

أَوْ نَرْجِسٍ في رَوْضَةٍ مُفَرَّقِ

As though, from shyness, they did not lower their gaze,

Or were narcissi scattered through a garden.

والقُطْبُ حِينَ يَعْتَلي وَيَرْتَقي

والقُطْبُ حِينَ يَعْتَلي وَيَرْتَقي

إِذا الثُّرَيَّا سَرْوَةٌ لَمْ تُورِقِ

إِذا الثُّرَيَّا سَرْوَةٌ لَمْ تُورِقِ

And the Pole Star, as it rises and climbs—

Then the Pleiades are a cypress that has not leafed out,

وَنُكِّسَتْ لِلْغَرْبِ في تَفَرُّق

وَنُكِّسَتْ لِلْغَرْبِ في تَفَرُّق

كَأَنَّها عُودٌ بِغَيْرِ بُخْنُقِ

كَأَنَّها عُودٌ بِغَيْرِ بُخْنُقِ

Tipped toward the west as they scatter,

As though they were a bough without a head veil.