كم ليلةٍ ساهرتُ زُهْرَ نجُومها

كم ليلةٍ ساهرتُ زُهْرَ نجُومها

والجوُّ من أنفاسِ وجديَ شاحِبُ

والجوُّ من أنفاسِ وجديَ شاحِبُ

How many a night I have kept vigil with its radiant stars,

How many nights have I stayed up, the flowers of its stars

While the air was pale from the breaths of my longing.

And the air from the sighs of my passion is wan

أرعى السماءَ ونجْمُها متلبِّدٌ

أرعى السماءَ ونجْمُها متلبِّدٌ

حيرانُ قد سُدَّتْ عليه مذاهبُ

حيرانُ قد سُدَّتْ عليه مذاهبُ

I watch the sky, its star huddled motionless,

I tend the sky and its star wears mourning

Bewildered, its paths already barred to it.

Perplexed, its paths are blocked to him

وكأنها بحرٌ يُعَبُّ عُبابُه

وكأنها بحرٌ يُعَبُّ عُبابُه

وكأنه فيها غريقٌ راسبُ

وكأنه فيها غريقٌ راسبُ

And as though the sky were a sea whose billows are gulped down,

As though it is a sea with surging billows

And its star were a drowning man sinking within it.

As though in it there is a drowned swimmer

وترى بها أمَّ النجوم كجدولٍ

وترى بها أمَّ النجوم كجدولٍ

في روضةٍ فيها لجَينٌ ذائِبُ

في روضةٍ فيها لجَينٌ ذائِبُ

And there you see the mother of the stars, like a stream

And you see in it the mother of stars like a stream

In a meadow where silver lies molten.

In a garden wherein is a melting pleasure

وبناتُها سربُ الظِباء فواردٌ

وبناتُها سربُ الظِباء فواردٌ

أو صادرٌ أو جازيٌ أو قاربُ

أو صادرٌ أو جازيٌ أو قاربُ

And her daughters are a herd of gazelles—some coming to water,

And her daughters a flock of gazelles arriving

Or leaving it, or content without it, or seeking it by night.

Or departing or passing by or drawing near