أقولُI say والبَدْرُand the full moon يسْموrises فيin السماthe sky صُعُداًupward
أقولُ والبَدْرُ يسْمو في السما صُعُداً
لصاحِبيto my companion والدُجىand the darkness مُستَقبِلُat the beginning العُمُرِof its life
لصاحِبي والدُجى مُستَقبِلُ العُمُرِ
I say, as the full moon climbs high in the sky,
to my companion, while night is still young:
انْظُرْهُlook at it فيin كفّةِthe pan of الميزانِthe balance صاعِدةًrising
انْظُرْهُ في كفّةِ الميزانِ صاعِدةً
كأنّهاas though it were صَنْجةٌa scale weight بيْضاءُwhite منْof حَجَرِstone
كأنّها صَنْجةٌ بيْضاءُ منْ حَجَرِ
Look at it in the rising pan of a balance,
as though it were a white weight of stone.
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