1. The moon rose in the darkness, and you, my love, came to visit me.
My eyes and your eyes of love are not veiled in ambiguity.
١. بَدا البدرُ في الظَّلماءِ وَالحِبُّ زائِري
وَطَرفي وطرف الحِبِّ لَيسَ بِغامِضِ
2. I said to it: How ignorant is the moon that rose unveiled!
Why did it not fear being eclipsed by you and fail to shine?
٢. فَقُلتُ لَهُ ما أَجهل البدرَ إِذ بَدا
فَهَلّا اِختَشى مِنك الخُسوف فَلا يُضي
3. It faced on your sunlike brow and rose cheek
A light that illuminated the perfume of coquetry and eyelid.
٣. فَقَابله في شَمسِ الجَبينِ وغرَّةٍ
أَضاءَت وَفي مِسكِ العِذارِ وَعارِضِ