وَقَوْرَاءَ مِنْ قَوْسِ الْغَمَامِ ابْتَغُوا لَهَا

مِثَالاً أَدَارُوهَا بِلاَ شَكِّ

And of the rainbow from the bow of clouds they sought

An example for it without any doubt

فَبَيْنَ الثُّرَيَّا وَالثَّرَى سُدَّ جرْمُهَا

وَلِلْفَلَكِ الدَّوَّارِ قَدْ أَصْبَحَتْ تَحْكِي

So between the Pleiades and the ground its mass was blocked

And for the revolving sphere it had become relating

تَصُوغُ لُجَيْنَ الْمَاءِ فِي النَّهْرِ دَائِما

دَرَاهِمَ نَوْرٍ قَدْ خَلصَنْ مِنْ السَّبكِ

It molds the still water in the river constantly

Pieces of light that were refined from alloy

وَتُرْسِلُ مِنْ شُهْبَانِهَا ذَا ذُؤابَةٍ

فَتَبْغِي اسْتِرَاقَ السَّمْعِ عَنْ حَوْزَةِ الْمُلْكِ

And it sends from its meteors that have a tail

Trying to stealthily hear from the realm of dominion

تَذَكَّرَتِ الْعَهْدَ الَّذِي اخْتُرِعَتْ بِهِ

وَحَنَّتْ فَمَا تَنْفَكُّ سَاجِعَةً تَبْكِي

It remembered the era in which it was invented

And yearned so it does not cease lamenting crying