وبدر تبدّى شاهراً سيف جفنه

وبدر تبدّى شاهراً سيف جفنه

فروّع أهل الحب من ذلك الشهر

فروّع أهل الحب من ذلك الشهر

And a full moon appeared, unsheathing the sword of his eyelid;

The full moon appeared, unsheathing the sword of its eyelids,

So he terrified the lovers with that unsheathing.

Branching out the love of that month.

وليلة أبصرنا هلال جبينه

وليلة أبصرنا هلال جبينه

علمنا يقينا أنها غرّة الشهر

علمنا يقينا أنها غرّة الشهر

And one night, when we saw the crescent of his brow,

And the night we saw the crescent of his forehead,

We knew for certain that it was the first night of the month.

We knew for certain it was the first of the month.