تَبَدّى عِشاءً هِلالُ الصِيامِ

تَبَدّى عِشاءً هِلالُ الصِيامِ

بِنَحسٍ عَلى الكَأسِ وَالبَربَطِ

بِنَحسٍ عَلى الكَأسِ وَالبَربَطِ

At evening the crescent of fasting appeared,

The crescent of fasting appeared in the evening

with ill fortune for the winecup and the lute.

With misfortune over the cup and dice

فَكَم مِن فَتىً راحَ بَينَ القِيا

فَكَم مِن فَتىً راحَ بَينَ القِيا

نِ نَشوانَ ذا فَرَحٍ مُفرِطِ

نِ نَشوانَ ذا فَرَحٍ مُفرِطِ

For many a youth went among the singing

How many a young man went among the gatherings

maidens, drunk and full of unrestrained joy.

Happy and exceedingly joyful

وَكانَ نَشيطاً فَلَمّا رَآ

وَكانَ نَشيطاً فَلَمّا رَآ

هُ صاحِبَ هَمٍّ فَلَم يَنشَطِ

هُ صاحِبَ هَمٍّ فَلَم يَنشَطِ

And he had been lively; but when he saw

And he was lively, but when he saw

it, he was burdened with care and lost his zest.

A companion of sorrow, he was not lively

وَأَعرَضَ عَنهُ كَما أَعرَضَت

وَأَعرَضَ عَنهُ كَما أَعرَضَت

فَتاةٌ عَلى الحاجِبِ الأَشمَطِ

فَتاةٌ عَلى الحاجِبِ الأَشمَطِ

And he turned away from it, as did

And he turned away from him as a maiden turned away

a maiden at the sight of a grizzled brow.

With kohl on her eyelids