1. بأبي شادِنٌ على البَدْر يُزْرِي

    قَدْ كَساهُ الصِّيامُ أثوابَ هَجْرِ

    May my father be ransom for a young gazelle who puts the full moon to shame,

    Whom fasting has clothed in robes of estrangement.

  2. ظَلْتُ أشْدُو تَعجُّباً مِنْهُ لَمّا

    قامَ مُسَتْوضِحاً هِلالَ الفِطْرِ

    I kept singing in wonder at him when

    He rose to discern the crescent of fast-breaking:

  3. أنتَ بَدْرٌ وهَبْكَ لاحَ هِلالٌ

    كيفَ يُبْغَى الهِلالُ من بَعْدِ بَدْرِ

    You are a full moon; and suppose, if you will, a crescent has appeared—

    How can the crescent be sought after a full moon?