فديتُ محمَّداً من كلِّ سُوِّ

فديتُ محمَّداً من كلِّ سُوِّ

يُحاذرُ في رواحٍ أو غدوٍّ

يُحاذرُ في رواحٍ أو غدوٍّ

I would ransom Muhammad from every harm

I sacrifice myself for Muhammad at every rise or set

he fears in the evening or the morning.

O moon of the sky, you have descended so low

أيا قَمرَ السَّماءِ سَفلتَ حتَّى

أيا قَمرَ السَّماءِ سَفلتَ حتَّى

كأنَّكَ قد ضَجِرتَ من العُلوِّ

كأنَّكَ قد ضَجِرتَ من العُلوِّ

O moon of heaven, you have sunk so low

As if you were weary of the heights

that you seem to have grown weary of the heights.

I saw you distanced from your beloved

رأيتُكَ من حبيبكَ ذا بِعادٍ

رأيتُكَ من حبيبكَ ذا بِعادٍ

ومِمَّن لا يُحبُّكَ ذا دُنوِّ

ومِمَّن لا يُحبُّكَ ذا دُنوِّ

I saw you distant from your beloved,

And approached by one who does not love you

and close to one who does not love you.

It should suffice as regret for you from a lover

وحَسبُكَ حَسرةً لكَ من حَبيبٍ

وحَسبُكَ حَسرةً لكَ من حَبيبٍ

رأيت زِمامَهُ بِيدي عَدوِّ

رأيت زِمامَهُ بِيدي عَدوِّ

And it is sorrow enough for you to have a beloved

That I saw his reins in the hands of an enemy

whose reins you saw in an enemy's hands.