1. ولقد رأيتُ البدرَ وهوَ كغُرّةٍ

    عقدَتْ بناصيةِ الظلامِ الأدهَمِ

    And indeed I saw the full moon, like a white blaze

    Fastened to the forelock of jet-black darkness,

  2. لمّا علتْهُ يدُ الكُسوفِ كأنّها

    صدأ تبدّى فوق صفحةِ دِرْهَمِ

    When the hand of eclipse rose over it, as though it were

    Rust appearing on the face of a dirham.