وطُوفانِ ليلٍ مُذْ طَفًَا فيه مَوْجُهُ

طَفَا زَبَدُ الدهرِ المُزَيِّنِ للْخَضْرَا

Since a night storm whose waves were raging

The foam of time, adorning the greenery, drifted

تفَجَّر سَيْلُ الصبحِ من سَدِّ شَرْقِهِ

فمِن أجْلِ ذا يُدْعَى الصباحُ بهِ فَجْرَا

The flood of dawn burst from its eastern dam

That is why dawn is called fajr