أأبا عليٍّ صِفْ لنا الشُهُبَ التي

مازِلْتَ ترْصُدُها بكُلِّ طَريقِ

O Abu Ali, describe for us the comets

That you have continued to observe along every path

إنْ قُلْتَ هُنّ خواتِمٌ قُلْنا نعَمْ

لكِن بأعْلاها فَصوصُ عَقيقِ

If you say they are rings, we’ll say yes

But at their peaks are gems of ‘aqeeq