أنْكَرتُهُI did not recognize him لمّاwhen أطَلَّappeared عارِضُهُhis facial hair
أنْكَرتُهُ لمّا أطَلَّ عارِضُهُ
فقالَand he said ليto me حينَwhen رابَهُit troubled him نظَريmy gaze
فقالَ لي حينَ رابَهُ نظَري
I did not recognize him when his facial hair appeared.
He said to me when my gaze made him uneasy:
ألمْdid you not تقُلْsay ليto me بأنّنيthat I am قمَرٌa moon
ألمْ تقُلْ لي بأنّني قمَرٌ
فانْظُرْthen look الىat وَبْرِthe fur أرْنَبِof a hare القمَرِof the 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.”