1. Until the watcher saw Sirius clearly revealed,

    When he drew near, coming away from the dawn prayer,

  2. In a redness that dawn’s whiteness had not overwhelmed,

    Nor had night lifted from it; it was clearing away.

  3. Night grew threadbare; in its darkness it had not caught up with

    The day’s lead, even a little; so it draws nearer.

  4. Night does not despair of it as it follows the day,

    Nor does day concede it to night.

Sol 6.1