إِذا ما الثُريا وَالهِلال جلتهما

لي الشَمس إِذ وَدَعَت كُرهاً نَهارها

When Pleiades and the crescent moon appeared to me

Like the sun when she unwillingly bid farewell to her day

كَأَسماءَ إِذ زارَت عَشاءاً وَغادَرَت

لَدَينا دَلالاً قُرطَها وَسِوارَها

Like Asma when she visited in the evening and left behind

Her anklets and bracelets at our place as a token

وَمُنقَلب الجَوزاء يَحكي وِشاحَها

لآلئ فيها لا تَخاف اِنتِثارَها

And the turn of Gemini tells of her veil

With pearls in it, not fearing their scatter

وَأُنسيَ بِالشعري العُبور كَدَمعة

بِعَين مُحبٍّ لا يُحبُ اِنحِدارَها

And I was consoled by Sirius's passage like a teardrop

In the eye of a lover who does not wish its descent

وَرعيي سُهيلاً مِثل نار برَبوَةٍ

يُحَرك مِنها الموقِدات اِستعارها

And I herded Suhail like an ember's fire

From which the kindlers borrowed its sparks

وَنَهج اِبيضاض لِلمَجرة لاحب

إِذا شَقَ مِن رَوض النَبات اِستتارها

And the Milky Way's trail shone for the galaxy unhidden

When it split through the garden of plants, revealing its brilliance