كأنّ نجوم الليل في ظلماته

كأنّ نجوم الليل في ظلماته

ثغورُ بني حامٍ بَدَت للثات

ثغورُ بني حامٍ بَدَت للثات

As though the stars of night, in its darkness,

As if the stars of night in its darkness

Were the teeth of Ham’s sons, showing against their gums.

Were the gaps of the sons of Ham that appeared to the wanderer