دَخلتُ إِلى صَيدا بِشَهرِ صِيامنا

وَكُلٌّ بِهِ مِن شِدَّةِ الحرِّ مَجنونُ

I entered Sidon in our fasting month

And all were crazed from the extreme heat

فَقُلتُ هِلالُ الشَّهرِ مَن ذا لَهُ رَأى

وَيا لَيتما رائيهِ موسى وَهارونُ

I asked, "Who has seen the new moon?"

Would that the seers be Moses and Aaron!

فَأَخبَرني القاضي بِأَنّ هِلالَهُ

رَآهُ بِليلِ السّبتِ موسى وَفِرعَونُ

The judge informed me that the new moon

Was seen on Saturday night by Moses and Pharaoh