وَغِيدٍ تَعَادَوْا بِلَيْلِ الوَقودِ

وَغِيدٍ تَعَادَوْا بِلَيْلِ الوَقودِ

وَشَيْطانُ طَرْفِي لَهُمْ يَسْرِقُ

وَشَيْطانُ طَرْفِي لَهُمْ يَسْرِقُ

And slender beauties raced on the night of fire-lighting,

And they stoked hatred in the firewood night

and the devil of my gaze steals glances at them.

While the devil of my sight steals for them

فَدَلَّتْ ذَوائِبُ نِيرَانِهِمْ

فَدَلَّتْ ذَوائِبُ نِيرَانِهِمْ

عَلى أَنَّها شُهُبٌ تَحْرِقُ

عَلى أَنَّها شُهُبٌ تَحْرِقُ

So the tresses of their fires revealed

So the flames’ tails showed

that they are shooting stars that burn.

That they were comets burning