وَلَيلٌand a night كَأَنّيas though I أَجتَليbehold مِنfrom نُجومِهِits stars
وَلَيلٌ كَأَنّي أَجتَلي مِن نُجومِهِ
حريقَthe blaze ذُبالٍwicks أوْor بريقَthe gleam نصالblades
حريقَ ذُبالٍ أوْ بريقَ نصال
And a night—in its stars I seem to behold
A night whose stars I pluck as though they were
the blaze of wicks or the gleam of blades.
Embers of aloes-wood or blades that gleam
أشيمُI watch الثريّاthe Pleiades فيهin it طالعةًrising كماas
أشيمُ الثريّا فيه طالعةً كما
ثَنَيْتَyou bent نظاماًa strand فيهin it سَبْعُseven لآلpearls
ثَنَيْتَ نظاماً فيه سَبْعُ لآل
I watch the Pleiades rising in it, as though
I breathe its breeze and tender morning airs
you had bent a strand bearing seven pearls.
As though you had recited rhymes supreme