1. مِجَنّ حَكى صانِعُوهُ السَماءَ

    لِتَقصُرَ عَنهُ طِوالُ الرماحِ

    A shield whose makers imitated the sky,

    So that long spears would fall short of it.

  2. وَصاغوا مِثالَ الثُرَيّا عَلَيهِ

    كَواكِبَ تَقضي لَهُ بِالنَجاحِ

    And upon it they fashioned the likeness of the Pleiades:

    Stars that decree success for it.

  3. وَقَد طَوَقوهُ بِذَوب النضار

    كَما لَبس الأُفق ثَوب الصَباحِ

    And they have ringed it with pure molten gold,

    As the horizon donned the robe of morning.