وافت به غفلة الرَّقيب

والنجم قد مال للغروبِ

He came stealthily, the guardian unawares,

And the star had declined towards setting.

نشوان قد هزَّت الحميَّا

منه قضيباً على كثيبِ

The spears were shaken, exciting the zebra

With a rod on the hillock.

يعثر في ذيله فيحكي

عثرة عينيه في القلوبِ

Stumbling in its tail, it tells

Of the stumbling of their eyes in hearts.

والله لو نالت الثُّريا

ما نال من بهجةٍ وطيبِ

By Allah, did the Pleiades attain it,

It would not attain such joy and fragrance.

دنا إليها الهلال حتى

قبَّل في كفها الخضيبِ

The crescent approached her until

It kissed her reddened palm.