يا قمراً صار حُسنُه عَلَما

يا قمراً صار حُسنُه عَلَما

قتلتَ خَلقاً وما سفكتَ دَما

قتلتَ خَلقاً وما سفكتَ دَما

O moon, whose beauty has become a byword,

O moon whose beauty has become renowned

You have slain multitudes, yet shed no blood.

You have slain souls though shedding no blood

قاسمت بدرَ الدجى محاسنَه

قاسمت بدرَ الدجى محاسنَه

وازددتَ طَرفاً ومبسماً وفما

وازددتَ طَرفاً ومبسماً وفما

You shared with the full moon of night its charms,

The full moon shared with you her splendor

And had in addition a gaze, a smile, and a mouth.

And you gained more charm, smiles, and mouth

لو كان في جاهليَّةٍ سلفت

لو كان في جاهليَّةٍ سلفت

صُوِّرَ تمثال حُسنِه صَنَما

صُوِّرَ تمثال حُسنِه صَنَما

Had he lived in a bygone age of paganism,

If in the Jahiliyyah you had lived before

A likeness of his beauty would have been fashioned into an idol.

Your beauty's statue would have been an idol