أَنا أَبصَرتُ صاحِ الشَم

سَ تَمشي لَيلَةَ الجُمعَه

I beheld, my friend, the sun

walking on the eve of Friday.

فَماجَ الناسُ في الناسِ

وَظَنّوا أَنَّها الرَجعَه

The people surged against the people,

and they deemed it was the Return

إِلى اللَهِ وَقالوا الحَش

رُ لَمّا عايَنوا بِدعَه

to God, and they cried, "The Resur-

rection!" when they saw this wonder.

إِذِ الشَمسُ تُرى لَيلاً

وَحينَ الناسُ في خَشعَه

For the sun was seen by night

while men were in hushed dread.

وَماجوا أَن رَأَوا شَمساً

بِلَيلٍ يا لَها فَزعَه

They surged to see a sun

in the night—oh, what a terror!

فَقُلتُ الشَمسُ لا تَطلُ

عُ لَيلاً مَطلَعَ الهَقعَه

So I said, "The sun does not rise

at night from the station of al-Haq'ah;

وَلَكِنَّ الفَتى أَحمَ

دَ يَجلو اللَيلَ بِالطَلعَه

But rather, it is the youth Ahmad

dispelling the night with his countenance.

عَلى جَبهَتِهِ الشَعرى

وَفي وَجنَتِهِ الهَنعَه

Upon his forehead shines Sirius,

and in his cheek is al-Han'ah."