1. رَمِدَتْ لواحِظُهُ فقالَ طَبيبُه

    أضْفُوا عليهِ غَلائِلاً زُرْقا

    His eyes grew inflamed, and his physician said:

    Drape him in thin blue robes.

  2. ما إنْ تَكادُ تُبينُ وهوَ مُغلَّلٌ

    بَيْنَ الهِلال وبَيْنَهُ فَرْقا

    You can scarcely discern, while he is robed,

    a difference between the crescent moon and him.

  3. يا مَنْ رأى في الأرضِ بَدْراً ماشِياً

    أمَّا أنا فَرَأيتُهُ حقّا

    Oh, who has seen a full moon walking on earth?

    As for me, I have truly seen him.