رأيتُ الهلالَ ووجهَ الحبيب

رأيتُ الهلالَ ووجهَ الحبيب

فكانا هلالَينِ عند النَّظرْ

فكانا هلالَينِ عند النَّظرْ

I saw the crescent moon and the beloved's face;

I saw the crescent moon and the face of my beloved

So, to my eyes, they were two crescents.

They seemed like two crescent moons to my eyes

فلم أدرِ من حيرتي فيهما

فلم أدرِ من حيرتي فيهما

هلالَ الدجى مِن هلال البشرْ

هلالَ الدجى مِن هلال البشرْ

In my bewilderment over them, I could not tell

In my bewilderment over them

The crescent of night from the crescent of humankind.

I could not tell the moon of night from the moon of mortals

ولولا التورُّدُ في الوجنتين

ولولا التورُّدُ في الوجنتين

وما راعني من سواد الشَّعَرْ

وما راعني من سواد الشَّعَرْ

Were it not for the rosy flush in the two cheeks,

Were it not for the blushing of his cheeks

And the blackness of the hair that struck me,

And the blackness of his hair that drew my attention

لكُنتُ أظن الهلالَ الحبيبَ

لكُنتُ أظن الهلالَ الحبيبَ

وكنتُ أظن الحبيب القمرْ

وكنتُ أظن الحبيب القمرْ

I would have thought the crescent moon the beloved,

I would have thought my beloved was the crescent moon

And I would have thought the beloved the moon.

And I would have thought the crescent moon was my beloved