وَكَأَنَّ المَجَرَّ جَدوَلُ ماءٍ

نَوَّرَ الأُقحُوانَ في جانِبَيهِ

And the galaxy was like a stream of water

That lit up the acacias on its banks

وَكَأَنَّ الهِلالَ نِصفُ سِوارٍ

وَالثُرَيّا كَفٌّ تُشيرُ إِلَيهِ

And the crescent was like half a bracelet

And the Pleiades a hand pointing to it