إِنّ الهِلالَ بَدا وَهو اِبنُ لَيلَتِه

إِنّ الهِلالَ بَدا وَهو اِبنُ لَيلَتِه

وَمَزَّق الغرب عَن حُلَّةَ الحجبِ

وَمَزَّق الغرب عَن حُلَّةَ الحجبِ

Indeed, the crescent appeared, a son of that very night.

The crescent moon appeared still a babe of night

And the west tore away the robe of veils.

And ripped the veil of dusk to shreds

كَأَنّما الغرب يَبغي يَشتري دُرراً

كَأَنّما الغرب يَبغي يَشتري دُرراً

فَجاءَ يَشحَنها في زَورَقِ الذّهبِ

فَجاءَ يَشحَنها في زَورَقِ الذّهبِ

As though the west sought to buy pearls,

As though the West sought gems to buy

So it came to load them into a skiff of gold.

And sailed forth in a golden barge