طَرَقَتْكَ بالدَّهْنا وصَحْبُكَ نُوَّمُ

واللَّيْلُ أَدْهَمُ بالثُّرَيّا مُلْجَمُ

The night made you travel by twilight while your companions slept,

The night was pitch-black dotted with Pleiades,

والشَّامُ خِطَّتُكُمْ ولَيْسَتْ نِسْبةً

إِلا كَمَا نُسِبَتْ إِلَيْهَا الأَنْجُمُ

Syria was your destination, and the only connection

Was like the stars were connected to its sky.