أنْكَرتُهُI did not recognize him لمّاwhen أطَلَّappeared عارِضُهُhis cheek-beard
أنْكَرتُهُ لمّا أطَلَّ عارِضُهُ
فقالَso he said ليto me حينَwhen رابَهُit unsettled him نظَريmy gaze
فقالَ لي حينَ رابَهُ نظَري
I did not recognize him when his cheek-beard appeared.
He said to me, when my gaze unsettled him:
ألمْdid … not? تقُلْyou say ليto me بأنّنيthat I am قمَرٌa moon
ألمْ تقُلْ لي بأنّني قمَرٌ
فانْظُرْthen look الىat وَبْرِthe fur of أرْنَبِthe hare of القمَرِthe moon
فانْظُرْ الى وَبْرِ أرْنَبِ القمَرِ
“Did you not tell me that I am a moon?
Then look at the fur of the moon’s hare!”