سَفَرنَ بدوراً وانتَقَبنَ أهلَّةً

سَفَرنَ بدوراً وانتَقَبنَ أهلَّةً

ومسنَ غُصوناً والتفَتنَ جآذِرا

ومسنَ غُصوناً والتفَتنَ جآذِرا

Unveiled, they were full moons; veiled, they were crescents.

We traveled in turns and settled in fertile valleys

And they swayed like branches and turned like young antelopes.

We stroked branches and turned to roots

وأبدينَ أطراف الشعور تَستُّراً

وأبدينَ أطراف الشعور تَستُّراً

فأغدَرَتِ الدنيا عَلينا غَدائِرا

فأغدَرَتِ الدنيا عَلينا غَدائِرا

And they revealed the ends of their hair to conceal themselves,

We revealed the edges of feelings in concealment

Leaving the world above us a mass of tresses.

So the world poured heavy tribulations upon us

وربَّتَما أطلَعنَ والليلُ مُقبلٌ

وربَّتَما أطلَعنَ والليلُ مُقبلٌ

وجوهَ شُموسٍ تُوقِفُ الليلَ حائِرا

وجوهَ شُموسٍ تُوقِفُ الليلَ حائِرا

And often, with night approaching, they raised

And perhaps we looked when the night was approaching

Faces like suns that halted the night in bewilderment.

At faces of suns that stop the wandering night

فهنَّ إذا ما شِئنَ أمسَينَ أو إذا

فهنَّ إذا ما شِئنَ أمسَينَ أو إذا

تعرَّض أن يَصبَحن كنَّ قَوادِرا

تعرَّض أن يَصبَحن كنَّ قَوادِرا

So, whenever they wish, they bring on evening; or if

For they, if they wish, make it evening or if

The wish to bring on morning arises, they have the power.

Faced with the chance of dawn, they are well able