أَما تَرى البَدرَ في السَماءِ وَقَد

حاوَلَ مِن بَعدِ تِمِّهِ نَقصَه

Don't you see the moon in the sky, how

After being full it starts to wane?

بَينا تَراهُ كَخُشكُنانِكةٍ

حَتّى تَراهُ كَأَنَّهُ قُرصَه

Little by little it becomes curved

Until it looks like a thin sliver again