بَدرٌ سَبى الناسَ حَتّى الشَمسُ قَد كَلِفَت

بِحُسنِهِ وَتَعَنَّت في مَعانيهِ

The moon outshone people until the sun was charged

With its beauty and stubbornness in its meanings

تَبدو إِذا ما تَبَدّى وَجهُهُ وَإِذا

ما غابَ غابَت بِعَيني في مَغانيهِ

It appears when its face appears and when

It is absent, it is absent in my eyes in its songs

فَلا أَرى اللَيلَ إِلّا في تَباعُدِهِ

وَلا أَرى الصُبحَ إِلّا في تَدانيهِ

So I see the night only in its distance

And I see the dawn only in its approach