رَمِدَتْ لواحِظُهُ فقالَ طَبيبُه

أضْفُوا عليهِ غَلائِلاً زُرْقا

His eyelids fluttered and his doctor said

"Give him more blue chains."

ما إنْ تَكادُ تُبينُ وهوَ مُغلَّلٌ

بَيْنَ الهِلال وبَيْنَهُ فَرْقا

No sooner are they put on than he becomes entranced

By the space between the crescent moon and him.

يا مَنْ رأى في الأرضِ بَدْراً ماشِياً

أمَّا أنا فَرَأيتُهُ حقّا

O you who saw a full moon walking on earth,

As for me, I truly saw it.