1. A gazelle whose form the night concealed reproached me,
I share the moment between the full moon and the branch.

2. The full moon illuminated for us in its waning
Until dawn emerged like the Yemeni sword.

3. It was as if the night were Abyssinians who had been defeated
And the dawn in its wake the sword of Ibn Dhi Yazan.

4. O dawn, you have separated a group that was united,
O dawn, you have separated the soul and the body.