كأن الثريا إذ تجمَّع شملها

رياض ربيع فصِّلت بشقيقِ

As if the Pleiades when gathered

Were a spring garden adorned with anemones

وقد لمعت حتى كأن بريقها

قلائد درٍّ فُصِّلت بعقيقِ

And it shone until its radiance

Seemed necklaces of pearls adorned with rubies