1. لاحَ الهلال والثُّرَيْ

    يا فوقهُ في مجسدِ

    The crescent appeared, and the Pleiades

    above it in a saffron-dyed robe.

  2. وللهلالِ جُمّةٌ

    من عَنْبر منضَّدِ

    And the crescent has a long tress

    of ambergris, laid in layers,

  3. مثل وشاح لؤلؤ

    مفصَّل مُبَدَّدِ

    like a sash of pearls,

    spaced apart and scattered,

  4. على عروس لبِستْ

    لثامَ خَزٍّ أسودِ

    on a bride who has donned

    a face veil of black silk-and-wool cloth.