وأدهمَAnd a black steed كالغرابِlike the raven سوادُblackness لوْنٍof hue
وأدهمَ كالغرابِ سوادُ لوْنٍ
يطيرُflies معwith الرياحِthe winds بهwith him جَناحُa wing
يطيرُ مع الرياحِ به جَناحُ
And a black steed, raven-black in hue,
A wing bears him aloft with the winds.
كساهُclothed him الليلُthe night شمْلَتَهُits mantle وولّىand turned away
كساهُ الليلُ شمْلَتَهُ وولّى
فأقبلَthen appeared بينbetween عينيْهِhis two eyes الصَباحُthe morning
فأقبلَ بين عينيْهِ الصَباحُ
Night clothed him in its mantle and turned away;
Then morning appeared between his eyes.