قُلْتُ لَمّا بَدا الهِلالُ لِعَيْنٍ

قُلْتُ لَمّا بَدا الهِلالُ لِعَيْنٍ

مَنَعَتْها مِنْ الكَرى عَيْناكا

مَنَعَتْها مِنْ الكَرى عَيْناكا

I said, when the crescent moon appeared to an eye

that your two eyes had kept from slumber:

يا هِلالَ السَّماءِ لَوْلا هِلالُ الْ

يا هِلالَ السَّماءِ لَوْلا هِلالُ الْ

أَرْضِ ما بِتُّ ساهِراً أَرْعاكا

أَرْضِ ما بِتُّ ساهِراً أَرْعاكا

O crescent of the sky, were it not for the crescent of the

earth, I would not have spent the night awake, watching you.