1. أَكثر الناس ضَجَّةً

    قُلت يا قَوم ما الخَبَر

    The people raised a great clamor.

    I said, 'O people, what is the news?'

  2. قيل خِلنا عَجيبة

    تدهش العَقل وَالنَظَر

    It was said: 'We thought it a marvel

    That astonishes the mind and sight.

  3. نَعهد الشَمس في السَما

    ءِ كَذا البَدر يا عُمَر

    We know the sun to be in the sky,

    Likewise the full moon, O Umar;

  4. وَنَرى الآن في الحِمى

    جمع الشَمس وَالقَمَر

    And now we see within the precinct

    The sun and moon brought together.'