بَدرٌ بَدَرَ ثَغرَهُ

بَدرٌ بَدَرَ ثَغرَهُ

مُبتَسِماً أَضا الأَضا

مُبتَسِماً أَضا الأَضا

A full moon—his mouth flashed forth;

The full moon smiled, baring his teeth,

smiling, he illuminated the pools.

Lighting up the darkness with his generosity.

وُجودُهُ بِجودِهِ ال

وُجودُهُ بِجودِهِ ال

واسِعِ قَد ضاقَ الفَضا

واسِعِ قَد ضاقَ الفَضا

His presence, through his generosity so

Space itself grew small next to his open heart.

vast, has made the expanse too narrow.

Whether times ahead or times now gone,

مُستَقبَلُ الوَجهِ لَهُ

مُستَقبَلُ الوَجهِ لَهُ

وَحالَهُ وَما مَضى

وَحالَهُ وَما مَضى

The face's future belongs to him,

His love has decreed an end to my sorrow.

and its present, and what has passed.

I neither turned my face, nor looked away

قَضى عَلَيَّ حُبُّهُ

قَضى عَلَيَّ حُبُّهُ

مِنَ الأَسى بِما قَضى

مِنَ الأَسى بِما قَضى

His love decreed against me

When he turned from me.

whatever sorrow it decreed.

I find contentment in whatever pleases him,

وَما تَعَرَّضتُ وَلا

وَما تَعَرَّضتُ وَلا

أَعرَضتُ حينَ أَعرَضا

أَعرَضتُ حينَ أَعرَضا

And I neither sought him out nor

As he finds joy in whatever pleases me.

turned away when he turned away.

وَلي رِضىً عَنهُ بِما

وَلي رِضىً عَنهُ بِما

عَنّي لَهُ رِضى

عَنّي لَهُ رِضى

And my contentment with him lies in

his contentment with me.