وَمُظلِمَةٍ عَلَيَّ مِنَ اللَيالي

جَلا ظَلماءَها عَنّي بِلالُ

In the darkness of nights that overwhelmed me

Their darkness was dispelled from me by the crescent moon

بِخَيرِ يَمينِ مَدعُوٍّ لِخَيرٍ

تُعاوِنُها إِذا نَهَضَت شِمالُ

With the blessed right hand of one called to goodness

It supports it when the left rises

بِحَقّي أَن أَكونَ إِلَيكَ أَسعى

وَفي يَدِكَ العُقوبَةُ وَالنَوالُ

It is my right that I hasten to you

And in your hand lies chastisement and boon

تَرى الأَبصارَ خاشِعَةً إِلَيهِ

كَما يَشخَصنَ حينَ يُرى الهِلالُ

You see the eyes humbly turned to Him

As they glance upward when the crescent is seen

رَأَيتُكَ قَد نَضَلتَ وَأَنتَ تَرمي

عَنِ الأَحسابِ إِذجَدَّ النِضالُ

I saw you had excelled while you shoot

Beyond reckoning when strife was heated

فَإِنّي وَالَّذي حَجَّت قُرَيشٌ

لِكَعبَتِهِ وَما ضَمَّت إِلالُ

By the one to whom Quraysh made pilgrimage

To His Kaaba and what Ila contains

وَإِنّي حافِظٌ فَاِحفَظ يَميني

بِمَكَّةَ حَيثُ أُلقِيَتِ الرِحالُ

I am a keeper so keep my oath

In Mecca where the mounts were lodged

لِتَرتَحِلَن إِلَيكَ بِبَطنِ جَمعٍ

قَوافٍ تَحتَها النوقُ العِجالُ

That they may migrate to you with a host

Of laden camels beneath them the swift she-camels

فَكَم لَكَ مِن أَبٍ يَعلو وَتَنمي

بِهِ الشُمُّ الشَماريخُ الطُوالُ

Many a father for you ascends and grows

With him the lofty date palms ever tall