1. قَد زارَني لَيلَةً غابَت كَواكِبُها

    وَأَسبَلَت في دُجاها ثَوبَ دَيجورِ

    He visited me on a night whose stars had vanished,

    and which, in its darkness, had let fall a robe of pitch-black gloom.

  2. فَخِلتُ شَمسَ الضُّحى مِن ضَوءِ وَجنتهِ

    قَد أَسفَرَت تَملأ الأرجاءَ بالنورِ

    So, from his cheek's radiance, I thought the midmorning sun

    had shone forth, filling every quarter with light.

  3. وَقَد حَباني دَنانيراً قَدِ اِنتَثَرت

    مِن كَفِّهِ فَتَبدَّتْ خَيرَ مَنثورِ

    And he bestowed on me dinars that had scattered

    from his palm, appearing as the finest of scattered things.

  4. فَفي السَّماءِ النُّجومُ الزُّهْرُ قَد ظَهَرَت

    وَقَد زَهَت وَهيَ تبدي رقصَ مَسرورِ

    Then the radiant stars appeared in the sky,

    and shone resplendently, displaying the dance of one delighted.

  5. تِلكَ الدنانيرُ لا شكٌّ ولا ريبٌ

    عَينُ النُّجومِ بِتَعريفٍ وَتَنكيرِ

    Those dinars, without doubt or misgiving,

    are the very stars, in definite and indefinite forms.

  6. إِنَّ السَّماءَ كَمِرآةٍ بِها اِنطَبَعت

    تِلكَ النُّجومُ مِثالاً للدّنانيرِ

    Indeed, the sky is like a mirror in which were imprinted

    those stars, as a likeness of the dinars.