1. يا قمرَ الأسرارِ يا مُلبسي

    غِلالةً من أخضر السندسِ

    O moon of secrets, O you who clothe me

    In a sheer robe of fine green silk.

  2. أصبحتَ معشوقاً ترى يابساً

    لولا لهيبُ النارِ لم تيبسِ

    You have become beloved, and are seen to be dry;

    But for the fire's blaze, you would not have dried.

  3. جلستَ فيه زمناً عاجلاً

    لذاك تُدعى صاحبَ المجلس

    You sat in it for a fleeting while;

    Thus you are called master of the assembly.

  4. رأستَ فيه بعلوم بدتْ

    فيك ولولا ذاك لم ترأس

    You presided in it through sciences that became manifest

    In you; and but for that, you would not have presided.

  5. فأنت تسري في ثمان وفي

    عشرين حماسا على الكنسِ

    So you travel by night through eight and through

    Twenty, ardently, over the stars that hide away,

  6. على جوادٍ سابحٍ صِيغَ من

    نحاس قاسى صنعة المفلس

    On a swimming steed fashioned from

    Copper that endured the bankrupt man's craft.