1. وَقَد غَدَوتُ وَصُبحُ اللَيلِ مُنتَقِصٌ

    وَغَرَّةُ الصُبحِ مَصقولٌ حَواشيها

    And I had set out early, while the night's dawn was waning;

    And dawn's white brow was burnished along its edges;

  2. وَغَرَّبَت أَنجُمُ الظُلَماءِ وَاِنحَدَرَت

    فَشالَ أَرجُلُها وَاِنحَطَّ أَيديها

    And the stars of the dark night moved westward and descended;

    So their feet rose, and their hands sank.