ومُنهَتِكٍ لَهُ نَظَرٌ

يَصُونُ مَوَاقِعَ النَّظَرِ

With an observer whose gaze is penetrating

Guarding the points of observation

هِلالٌ لَوْ بَدا للسَّفْ

رِ أَغْناهُمْ عَنِ السَّفَرِ

A crescent, if it appeared to the travelers

Would spare them the journey

فَوَا وَيْلاهُ مِنْ قَمَرٍ

يُريكَ مَساوِئَ الْقَمَرِ

Alas for it is a moon

That shows you the blemishes of the moon