كَأَنَّas though نُهوضَrising النَجمِthe star وَالأُفقِand the horizon أَخضَرَgreen
كَأَنَّ نُهوضَ النَجمِ وَالأُفقِ أَخضَرَ
تَبَلُّجُgleaming ثَغرٍa mouth تَحتَbeneath خُضرَةِgreenness شارِبِa moustache
تَبَلُّجُ ثَغرٍ تَحتَ خُضرَةِ شارِبِ
As though the star were rising while the horizon is green,
The star’s rising, while the horizon is green, is like
a mouth flashing beneath the dark down of a moustache.
the gleam of a mouth beneath the greenness of a moustache.
