أتيتني وهلال الجو مطلع

قبيل قرع النصارى للنواقيس

Come to me while the crescent moon rises

You came to me as the crescent in the sky was rising,

Just before the Christians ring their bells

Just before the Christians struck their bells,

كحاجب الشيخ عم الشيب أكثره

وأخمص الرجل في لطفٍ وتقويس

Like the eyebrow of the old sheikh, mostly white

Resembling the eyebrow of an elder, mostly turned gray,

And the sole of the foot, delicate and arched

And the sole of a foot in its delicate curvature;

ولاح في الأفق قوس الله مكتسباً

من كل لونٍ كأذناب الطواويس

God's rainbow shone on the horizon

And God's bow appeared on the horizon, endowed

With every color like peacocks' tails

With every vibrant color, like the tails of peacocks.