تصرم شهر الصوم شهر الزلازل
وشال به شوال شهر الفضائل
The fasting month, the month of earthquakes, has ended.
The fasting month has passed, the month of tremors,
And Shawwal, the month of virtues, has carried it away.
And Shawaal followed it, the month of virtues.
ولاح هلال الفطر نضوا كأنه
سنان لواه الطعن في رأس عامل
And the Eid al-Fitr crescent appeared, thin and wasted, as though it were
The crescent of Eid appeared shining as though
A spearhead bent by thrusting at the tip of a spear-shaft.
It were a tooth pulled from the head of the year.
ودارت علينا الراح بين أهلة
تضيء وأغصان رطاب موائل
And wine passed round among us, amid crescents
The winds have turned among us, among loved ones,
That shone, and tender, swaying boughs.
Lighting up, while the branches of dew are shelters.
فرحنا وفي أجسامنا سحر بابل
يدب وفي أيماننا خمر بابل
We rejoiced, while in our bodies Babylon's magic
We rejoiced, while in our bodies Babylonian magic
Crept, and in our right hands was Babylon's wine.
Stirred, and in our faith Babylonian wine.
Sol 6.1