أما ترى اليومَ مِسكيَّ الهواءِ وقد

أما ترى اليومَ مِسكيَّ الهواءِ وقد

مَدَّتْ يدُ الشمسِ في حافاتِها الكُللا

مَدَّتْ يدُ الشمسِ في حافاتِها الكُللا

Do you not see the day, its air musk-scented, while

Don't you see the air is fragrant today,

the sun's hand has spread veils along her edges?

The sun has stretched her hands into her train,

كأنَّما شمسُهُ قد أبصرتْ قمري

كأنَّما شمسُهُ قد أبصرتْ قمري

يُرْبي عليها فغطَّتْ وجهَها خَجَلا

يُرْبي عليها فغطَّتْ وجهَها خَجَلا

As though its sun had seen my moon

As if her sun had seen my moon's face

outshining her, so she veiled her face in shame.

And drew across her face her veil, out of shame.