اِسقِنيها وَاللَيلُ فَرعُ عَروسٍ

اِسقِنيها وَاللَيلُ فَرعُ عَروسٍ

زَيَّنوهُ بُدُرِّهِ وَجُمانِه

زَيَّنوهُ بُدُرِّهِ وَجُمانِه

Pour it for me, while night is a bride’s tresses,

Pour it for me, though night is a bride's tresses,

which they adorned with its pearls and silver beads.

Adorned with its moon and sparkling stars,

وَكَأَنَّ الجَوزاءَ حينَ تَهاوَت

وَكَأَنَّ الجَوزاءَ حينَ تَهاوَت

فارِسٌ مالَ عَن سَراةِ حِصانِه

فارِسٌ مالَ عَن سَراةِ حِصانِه

And Orion, as it sank, seemed

As if, when the raven tumbled down,

a horseman leaning off his steed’s back.

A horseman slid off his mare’s saddle.