هَل الشَمس لِلأَبصار لاحَ ضِياؤُها

هَل الشَمس لِلأَبصار لاحَ ضِياؤُها

وَإِلا بَدور الأُفق زادَ صفاؤُها

وَإِلا بَدور الأُفق زادَ صفاؤُها

Did the sun's radiance shine before the eyes,

The sun's radiance shone for all eyes to see

or else did the full moons of the horizon grow brighter?

And as it traversed the horizon, its light grew more pure

أَم الفُلك الأَعلى كَواكبه هَوَت

أَم الفُلك الأَعلى كَواكبه هَوَت

إِلى الأَرض فَاِشتاقَت إِلَيها سَماؤُها

إِلى الأَرض فَاِشتاقَت إِلَيها سَماؤُها

Or did the stars of the highest celestial sphere fall

Have the lofty spheres let their stars fall

to earth, so their heaven yearned for them?

That the heavens longed for the earth with love so demure