هَذِي الثُّرَيّا قد جَرَتْ

وَعُطَارِدٌ في مَهْرَقٍ

This Pleiades has journeyed on,

And the Pathfinder in a setting

كَخَزَانِ بَارُودٍ رَمَتْ

بِسِهَامِ نَفْطٍ مُحْرِقِ

Like gunpowder magazines has flung

Arrows with combustible jetting