مررنا بالهلال على كريد

مررنا بالهلال على كريد

وقد ملأ الفضاء بها جمالا

وقد ملأ الفضاء بها جمالا

We passed by the crescent moon over Crete,

We passed by the crescent moon over a hill

And it had filled the sky there with beauty.

It had filled the space with its beauty

بدوا والركب في شوق إليه

بدوا والركب في شوق إليه

يضئ لنا رُباها والجبالا

يضئ لنا رُباها والجبالا

They appeared, while the caravan yearned for it,

The people and the caravan were yearning for it

It lights its hills and the mountains for us.

Its light illuminates our dwellings and mountains

فهلل رفقتي واستقبلوه

فهلل رفقتي واستقبلوه

كما يستقبل الملك احتفالا

كما يستقبل الملك احتفالا

Then my companions cheered and welcomed it,

My companions rejoiced and welcomed it

As a king is welcomed with celebration.

As a king is welcomed at a celebration

فقلت رويدكم هلا ذكرتم

فقلت رويدكم هلا ذكرتم

شبيها كان أمس هنا فزالا

شبيها كان أمس هنا فزالا

So I said, “Wait a moment; why did you not remember

So I said, wait, did you not remember

One like it, here yesterday, that then vanished?”

That yesterday, a similar one was here, then disappeared

فلم أر في وجوه القوم شيئا

فلم أر في وجوه القوم شيئا

ولم أر مدمعا للقوم سالا

ولم أر مدمعا للقوم سالا

But I saw nothing in the people's faces,

I did not see anything on the people's faces

Nor did I see a tear of theirs flow.

Nor did I see a tear shed for the vanished one

فقلت الأمر للمولى تعالى

فقلت الأمر للمولى تعالى

يصرف ملكه حالا فحالا

يصرف ملكه حالا فحالا

So I said, “The command belongs to the Lord Most High;

So I said, the matter belongs to God Most High

He turns His dominion from one state to another.”

Who changes his creation constantly