قُلتُ إِذ قَلَّبَ المُدَلَّلُ وَجهاً

قُلتُ إِذ قَلَّبَ المُدَلَّلُ وَجهاً

طالباً مِن سَمائِهِ شَوّالا

طالباً مِن سَمائِهِ شَوّالا

I said, when the pampered one turned his face about,

I said, as the pampered one turned his face,

seeking Shawwal from his sky,

Seeking from its sky a crescent moon,

وَعُيونُ الرائينَ قَد أَبصَروهُ

وَعُيونُ الرائينَ قَد أَبصَروهُ

فَتَناسَوا بِهِ الهِلالَ وَهالا

فَتَناسَوا بِهِ الهِلالَ وَهالا

while the onlookers’ eyes had beheld him,

And the eyes of onlookers saw him,

so, because of him, they forgot the crescent and the moon:

Forgetting for his sake the new moon and its splendor,

خُذ مِراةً وَاِنظُر مُحَيّاكَ مِنها

خُذ مِراةً وَاِنظُر مُحَيّاكَ مِنها

يُبدِ مِنها السَحابُ مِنكَ هِلالا

يُبدِ مِنها السَحابُ مِنكَ هِلالا

“Take a mirror and look at your face in it;

Take a mirror and look at your face in it;

the clouds will reveal in it a crescent of you.”

It shows a crescent moon from you.