كَأنَّ الثريَّا في الدُّجَى وَعُطَارِدٌ

كَأنَّ الثريَّا في الدُّجَى وَعُطَارِدٌ

بأفْقِ سَمًا داجي الذوائب ألْيَلِ

بأفْقِ سَمًا داجي الذوائب ألْيَلِ

As though the Pleiades in the darkness, and Mercury,

As though the Pleiades in the dusk and Orion

at the horizon of a dark-tressed, pitch-black sky,

Along a horizon of lofty sky, darkly splendid,

بَنَانٌ لِخَوْدٍ نُظِّمَتْ بِخَوَاتِمٍ

بَنَانٌ لِخَوْدٍ نُظِّمَتْ بِخَوَاتِمٍ

وأبدتْ سِوَاراً فوْق زَنْدٍ مُسَبَّلِ

وأبدتْ سِوَاراً فوْق زَنْدٍ مُسَبَّلِ

were a lovely maiden’s fingers, adorned with rings,

Necklaces were they for a bosom ornamented

and she displayed a bracelet above her lowered wrist.

With jewels and displayed a bracelet above an arm supple