بدرٌ خلعتُ على الزمانِ رداءهُ

بدرٌ خلعتُ على الزمانِ رداءهُ

فسرى وسارَ بألسنِ الكتَّانِ

فسرى وسارَ بألسنِ الكتَّانِ

A full moon—I bestowed his cloak upon Time;

The full moon put on the garment of time,

so he traveled by night and journeyed on tongues of linen.

So it flowed and went with the tongues of linen.

صدرُ الوزارةِ قَدْ بدا في سعدِهِ ال

صدرُ الوزارةِ قَدْ بدا في سعدِهِ ال

سَعْدانِ والقمران والعمرانِ

سَعْدانِ والقمران والعمرانِ

The chief of the vizierate—in his good fortune have appeared the

The chest of the ministry has appeared in its happiness

two Saʿds, the two moons, and the two ʿUmars.

Two moons, and construction.