وَلَيْلٍ كَأنَّ النجمَ في برج أُفْقِهِ

وَلَيْلٍ كَأنَّ النجمَ في برج أُفْقِهِ

غُرَابٌ يُرَى فِي كَفِّهِ فَرْخُ هُدْهُدِ

غُرَابٌ يُرَى فِي كَفِّهِ فَرْخُ هُدْهُدِ

And a night, as though the star in the tower of its horizon

And a night as if the star in its horizon's mansion

were a raven, in whose palm a hoopoe chick is seen,

Is a raven seen in whose claw a hoopoe's chick

يَمُدُّ جَنَاحًا فَوْقَ كَاهِلِ رَوْضَة

يَمُدُّ جَنَاحًا فَوْقَ كَاهِلِ رَوْضَة

كَمَا مُدَّ صُدْغٌ فَوْقَ خَدٍّ مُوَرَّدِ

كَمَا مُدَّ صُدْغٌ فَوْقَ خَدٍّ مُوَرَّدِ

stretching a wing over the shoulder of a garden,

Stretching a wing above the shoulder of a garden

as a sidelock was drawn over a rosy cheek.

As a cheek stretches over a rosy face