ومَحَقَ الشهرُ كَمَالَ البَدْرِ

ومَحَقَ الشهرُ كَمَالَ البَدْرِ

فَلاحَ في أُولى الصَّباحِ النَّضْرِ

فَلاحَ في أُولى الصَّباحِ النَّضْرِ

And the month effaced the perfection of the full moon,

The month faded like the full moon's perfection

So it gleamed at the beginning of the radiant morning,

Dawn's first light shone brightly green

كأْنَّه قُرْطٌ بِأُذْنِ الفَجْرِ

كأْنَّه قُرْطٌ بِأُذْنِ الفَجْرِ

As though it were an earring in dawn's ear.

As though it were an earring on the ear of daybreak