1. وأَدهمَ يستمدُ الليلُ منه

    وتطلُع بين عينيه الثُّريَّا

    And a jet-black steed from whom night draws its darkness,

    And between his eyes the Pleiades rise.

  2. سرى خلفَ الصباحِ يطير مَشياً

    ويطوي خلفه الافلاكَ طَيَّا

    He traveled by night in dawn’s wake, flying as he walked,

    And folded the celestial spheres behind him, fold upon fold.

  3. فلما خافَ وشكَ الفوتِ منه

    تشبثَ بالقوائمِ والمُحَيَّا

    Then, when dawn feared he would soon escape it,

    It clung to his legs and face.