وَالعيدُ زَيَّنَ لِلعُيونِ هِلالَهُ

وَالعيدُ زَيَّنَ لِلعُيونِ هِلالَهُ

فَرَمَقنَ مِنهُ حاجِباً مَقرونا

فَرَمَقنَ مِنهُ حاجِباً مَقرونا

And the festival adorned its crescent for the eyes;

The festival has adorned for eyes its crescent

so they beheld in it a joined eyebrow.

So we have glimpsed of it an eyebrow paired

يَبدو وَيَبدو النَجمُ فَوقَ جَبينِهِ

يَبدو وَيَبدو النَجمُ فَوقَ جَبينِهِ

وَكَأَنَّ جُنَحَ اللَيلِ يَنقُطُ نونا

وَكَأَنَّ جُنَحَ اللَيلِ يَنقُطُ نونا

It appears, and the star appears above its brow,

The star appears and appears above its brow

and it is as though night's darkness were dotting a nūn.

As though the wings of night drip dewdrops there