ولما بدَا والليلُ أسْوَدُ فاحمٌ

ولما بدَا والليلُ أسْوَدُ فاحمٌ

قدْ انْتَشَرت في الخافقَينِ ذَوائبهْ

قدْ انْتَشَرت في الخافقَينِ ذَوائبهْ

And when he appeared, while the night was black as coal,

When the black night appeared cloaked in darkness

its tresses having spread across the eastern and western horizons,

Its folds spread across the horizons

أضاء ببَدْر الثغر عنْدَ ابتسامهِ

أضاء ببَدْر الثغر عنْدَ ابتسامهِ

دجى الليل حتى نظم الجزعه ثاقبه

دجى الليل حتى نظم الجزعه ثاقبه

he illuminated, with the full moon of his mouth as he smiled,

His smile illuminated the darkness of night

the night's darkness, until the onyx bead's piercer could string it.

Piercing through its gloom like the full moon