قُل لِمَن أَصبَحَت لَهُ الشَمس غَيري

قُل لِمَن أَصبَحَت لَهُ الشَمس غَيري

فَهِيَ مِما تسام في الجَو حيرى

فَهِيَ مِما تسام في الجَو حيرى

Tell the one of whom the sun has grown jealous:

Say to him for whom the sun has risen other than me

She is bewildered in the sky by what she is made to suffer.

It is among what wanders confused in the air

بِأَبي زدت حينَ سافَرت حسنا

بِأَبي زدت حينَ سافَرت حسنا

لَو نسم وَجهك الغَزالة ضيرا

لَو نسم وَجهك الغَزالة ضيرا

May my father ransom you! You grew fairer when you traveled,

By my father you increased in beauty when you traveled

If your face breathed harm upon the sun [wording unclear].

If the does breathed the air of your face

كَازدياد الهِلال مِن نورِهِ في

كَازدياد الهِلال مِن نورِهِ في

أَول الشَهر كَما اِزدادَ سيرا

أَول الشَهر كَما اِزدادَ سيرا

Like the crescent moon's increase in light at

Like the crescent moon increasing its light

The month's beginning, as it advances in its course.

At the beginning of the month as it traveled on