زارَني وَالدُجى أَحَمُّ الحَواشي

وَالثُرَيّا في الغَربِ كَالعُنقودِ

My father visited me when the night was darkest

And the Pleiades in the west like a bunch of grapes

وَهِلالُ السَماءِ طَوقُ عَروسٍ

باتَ يُجلى عَلى غَلائِلَ سودِ

And the crescent moon a bride's necklace

Shining on the black tresses of the night