كَأَنَّ الثُرَيّا هَودَجٌ فَوقَ ناقَةٍ

يَحُثُّ بِها حادٍ إِلى الغَربِ مُزعَجُ

Like a howdah on a she-camel is Pleiades,

With it a guide urges a restless one westwards,

وَقَد لَمَعَت حَتّى كَأَنَّ بَريقَها

قَواريرُ فيها زِئبَقٌ يَتَرَجرَجُ

And it shone until it seemed that its brightness

Were in it mercury flasks shaking to and fro.