قُلتُ إِذ قَلَّبَ المُدَلَّلُ وَجهاً

طالباً مِن سَمائِهِ شَوّالا

I said, as the pampered one turned his face,

Seeking from its sky a crescent moon,

وَعُيونُ الرائينَ قَد أَبصَروهُ

فَتَناسَوا بِهِ الهِلالَ وَهالا

And the eyes of onlookers saw him,

Forgetting for his sake the new moon and its splendor,

خُذ مِراةً وَاِنظُر مُحَيّاكَ مِنها

يُبدِ مِنها السَحابُ مِنكَ هِلالا

Take a mirror and look at your face in it;

It shows a crescent moon from you.