لَمّا بَدا بِعارِضٍ

لَمّا بَدا بِعارِضٍ

عَلَيهِ تاجٌ مِن ذَهَب

عَلَيهِ تاجٌ مِن ذَهَب

When he appeared amid a cloudbank,

When he appeared with down upon his cheek,

with a crown of gold upon him,

A crown of gold upon him,

عَلا عَلى البَدرِ سَناً

عَلا عَلى البَدرِ سَناً

فَاِنحَطّ عَنهُ بِرُتَب

فَاِنحَطّ عَنهُ بِرُتَب

he surpassed the full moon in radiance,

He surpassed the full moon in radiance,

and it sank rank upon rank beneath him.

So it fell several ranks below him.