وَقد غمض الغَرب الهِلال كَأَنَّما

يُلاحظ مِنهُ ناظر ذات أَشفار

The crescent has closed its eye as though

Watched by one whose lashes are poised.

كَأَنَّ الَّذي بقى لَنا مِنهُ أفقه

فَضيض سِوارٍ أَو قَراضة دينار

What we have left of it is a horizon

Like the glitter of a bracelet or a gold coin's edge.