رَأَيتُ الهِلالَ وَقَد حَلّقَت

نُجومُ الثُرَيّا لِكَي تَسبِقَه

I saw the crescent moon while

The Pleiades were racing to outpace it.

فَشَبَّهتُهُ وَهوَ في إِثرِها

وَبَينَهُما الزَهرَةُ المُشرِقَه

I likened it, pursuing after them,

With the radiant planet set between,

كِرامٍ بِقَوسٍ رَأى طائِراً

فَحَلّق في إَثرِهِ بُندقَه

To an archer who saw a bird in flight

And let fly an arrow to give it chase.