بَدرُa full moon لِيلٍof a night بَدَرَcame suddenly النَقthe waning (word begins here)
بَدرُ لِيلٍ بَدَرَ النَق
صُcompletion of “waning” لَهُto it قَبلَbefore تَمامِهits fullness
صُ لَهُ قَبلَ تَمامِه
A full moon of night—waning came
The moon at night, the moon shone
upon it before its fullness.
Its light cut short before reaching fullness
كانَit was نوراًa blossom مِنfrom رِياضٍgardens
كانَ نوراً مِن رِياضٍ
فَذَوىand so it withered قَبلَbefore اِبتِسامِهits smiling
فَذَوى قَبلَ اِبتِسامِه
It was a blossom from gardens,
It was light from gardens
and withered before it could smile.
But faded before it could smile
Sol 6.1