حَلَّت عَقَارِبُ صُدغِهِ في خَدِّهِ

حَلَّت عَقَارِبُ صُدغِهِ في خَدِّهِ

قَمَرا فَجَلَّ بِهَا عَنِ التَّشبِيهِ

قَمَرا فَجَلَّ بِهَا عَنِ التَّشبِيهِ

The scorpions of his temple settled on his cheek—

The scorpion's claws settled on his cheek

a moon that, through them, rose beyond compare.

Like a moon, outshining any comparison.

وَلَقَد عَهِدنَاهُ يَحلُّ بِبُرجِهَا

وَلَقَد عَهِدنَاهُ يَحلُّ بِبُرجِهَا

فَمِنَ العَجَائِبِ كَيفَ حَلَّت فِيهِ

فَمِنَ العَجَائِبِ كَيفَ حَلَّت فِيهِ

And indeed, we have known it to dwell in their zodiac sign;

We knew him to settle in its constellation,

so how wondrous that they have settled within it!

So how strange that it settled on him!