كَأنَّ الثُرَيَّا إذْ تَلاَهَا عُطَارِدٌ

ثُرَيَّا مَصَابِيحٍ زَهَتْ فَوْقَ شَمْعَةِ

The Pleiades, when the hunter of stars pursue them,

Are lamps that shine above a candle.

إذَا مَا أضَاءاَ خِلْتَ مَدْفَعَ جَوْهَرٍ

رَمَى حَجَراً فِي بَحْرِ زَنْجِ الدّجِنَّةِ

When they illuminate the stillness, they are

Like pearls thrown by a diver in a bottomless sea.