أَلا أَبلِغ لَدَيكَ أَبا هِشامٍ

أَلا أَبلِغ لَدَيكَ أَبا هِشامٍ

فَإِنَّ الريحَ أَبرَدُها الشَمالُ

فَإِنَّ الريحَ أَبرَدُها الشَمالُ

Listen, convey this to Abu Hisham there with you:

Shall I not send word, O father of Hisham,

For the coldest wind is the north wind.

That the north wind is the coldest of them all?

عِداتُكَ في الهِلالِ عِداتُ صِدقٍ

عِداتُكَ في الهِلالِ عِداتُ صِدقٍ

فَهَل سَمِنَت كَما سَمِنَ الهِلالُ

فَهَل سَمِنَت كَما سَمِنَ الهِلالُ

Your promises at the crescent moon are true promises;

Your herds in the new moon are herds of truth,

So have they grown fat as the crescent moon has grown fat?

Have they grown fat as the crescent moon does grow?