1. يَا هِلالاً قَدْ تَجَلّى

    في سَحَابٍ مِنْ حَريرْ

    O crescent moon that has shone forth

    in a cloud of silk,

  2. وَأميراً بِهَواهُ

    قاهِراً كُلّ أميرْ

    and a prince who, through love for him,

    subdues every prince:

  3. مَا لِخَدَّيْكَ اسْتَعارا

    حُمْرَةَ الوَرْدِ المُنيرْ

    why have your cheeks borrowed

    the redness of the radiant rose,

  4. ورَسومُ الوَصْلِ قَدْ أَل

    بَستَها ثَوبَ دُثورْ

    while the traces of union you have

    clothed in a garment of decay,

  5. مُقفِراتٍ دارِساتٍ

    مِثلَ آياتِ الزبور

    desolate and effaced,

    like the verses of the Psalms?