1. تخاله فلكاً قد سارَ محتوياً

    على النهار وجنح الليل في نسقِ

    You imagine it a celestial sphere that has set forth, containing

    The day and the wing of night in ordered array.

  2. فكم لسنبكه نجمٌ إذا قرع الصفا

    وكم من هلالٍ منه في الطرق

    How many a star springs from its hoof when it strikes the smooth rock,

    And how many a crescent it leaves upon the roads!