بَدراas a full moon بداhe appeared فيon لَيلَةِthe night of البَدرِthe full moon
بَدرا بدا في لَيلَةِ البَدرِ
فيon لَيلَةِthe night of الأَربَعِfour وَالعَشرِand ten
في لَيلَةِ الأَربَعِ وَالعَشرِ
He appeared as a full moon on the night of the full moon,
on the night of the fourteenth.
لِذلِكَto that الشَّهرmonth لَدَيَّwith me يَدٌa favor
لِذلِكَ الشَّهر لَدَيَّ يَدٌ
لاnot يَنقَضيcomes to an end الدَّهرthroughout time لَهاfor it شُكريmy thanks
لا يَنقَضي الدَّهر لَها شُكري
That month has done me a kindness,
for which my thanks will never cease.
أَطلَعَit brought forth بَدرَينِtwo full moons وَماand not عَهِدناwe have known
أَطلَعَ بَدرَينِ وَما عَهِدنا
بِأَنthat نَرىwe see بَدرَينِtwo full moons فيin شَهرِa month
بِأَن نَرى بَدرَينِ في شَهرِ
It brought forth two full moons, though we had never known
the sight of two full moons in one month.
وَيليwoe to me مِنbecause of بَدرَينِtwo full moons فيin لَيلَةٍone night
وَيلي مِن بَدرَينِ في لَيلَةٍ
كِلاهُماboth of them فيin ضَوئِهِits light يَسريtravels by night
كِلاهُما في ضَوئِهِ يَسري
Woe is me for two full moons in one night,
each traveling by night in its own light.