1. بَدرا بدا في لَيلَةِ البَدرِ

    في لَيلَةِ الأَربَعِ وَالعَشرِ

    He appeared as a full moon on the night of the full moon,

    on the night of the fourteenth.

  2. لِذلِكَ الشَّهر لَدَيَّ يَدٌ

    لا يَنقَضي الدَّهر لَها شُكري

    That month has done me a kindness,

    for which my thanks will never cease.

  3. أَطلَعَ بَدرَينِ وَما عَهِدنا

    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.

  4. وَيلي مِن بَدرَينِ في لَيلَةٍ

    كِلاهُما في ضَوئِهِ يَسري

    Woe is me for two full moons in one night,

    each traveling by night in its own light.