قمرٌ من آل فرس شاقني

بمحيّاً منه فاق القمرين

A moon from the family of Persia embraced me

With a smile that surpassed the two moons

حلَّ في المشراق الا انه

بسنا خديه حلَّ المشرقين

It rose in the east, though it

With the beauty of its cheeks, lit up both easts