أَتانيَ البَدرُ باكِياً خَجلاً

فَقُلتُ ماذا دَهاكَ يا قَمَرُ

The full moon came to me weeping bashfully

I said "What has made you so sad, oh moon?"

قالَ غَزالٌ أَتى لِيَعزلني

بِحُسنِهِ فَالفُؤادُ منفَطِرُ

It said "A gazelle came to outshine me

With its beauty, so my heart is torn"

فَقُلتُ قُبِّل ترابَهُ عجلاً

وَاِسجُد لَهُ قالَ كلُّ ذا غَرَرُ

I said "Kiss its dust hastily

And prostrate to it" It said "This is all nonsense

قَد بايَعت أَنجُمُ السَماءِ لَهُ

فَلَيسَ لي مُفزِعٌ وَلا وَزَرُ

The stars of the sky have pledged allegiance to it

So I have no recourse or authority"