يا بناتِ الشرقِ حاذرْنَ السطا

إنَّ بنت الغربِ في موكبها

O daughters of the East, beware of haste,

For the daughter of the West in her procession,

ما ظهورُ البدرِ مِنْ مشرقِهِ

كطلوعُ الشمسِ مِنْ مغربِها

Is not like the rising of the moon from its rising place,

Nor like the rising of the sun from its setting place.