1. Don't you see the moon in the sky, how
After being full it starts to wane?
١. أَما تَرى البَدرَ في السَماءِ وَقَد
حاوَلَ مِن بَعدِ تِمِّهِ نَقصَه
2. Little by little it becomes curved
Until it looks like a thin sliver again
٢. بَينا تَراهُ كَخُشكُنانِكةٍ
حَتّى تَراهُ كَأَنَّهُ قُرصَه