1. O moon I saw in sorrow's place
His grief did cleave his cheek in two
١. يا قَمَراً رَأَيْتَهُ فِي مَأْتَمٍ
مِنْ حُزْنِهِ شَقَّ على شَقِيقِهِ
2. Do not, in sorrow for him, bruise your own
Lest you should cleave your cheek also
٢. لا تَلْطُمِ الخَدَّ عَلَيْهِ أَسَفاً
فَرُبَّما شَقَّ على شَقِيقِهِ