أرْخَى عَلَى الخَدّ شَعْراً

أرْخَى عَلَى الخَدّ شَعْراً

بَدْرٌ لَهُ التِّيهُ عَادَهْ

بَدْرٌ لَهُ التِّيهُ عَادَهْ

He let his hair fall over his cheek—

He let his hair fall upon his cheek

A full moon whose habit is haughtiness.

A moon whose wandering became its habit

وَسَارَ فِيهِ فَقُلْنَا

وَسَارَ فِيهِ فَقُلْنَا

أمَا خَشِيتَ سَوَادَهْ

أمَا خَشِيتَ سَوَادَهْ

And he walked through it, so we said,

And it went about in it, so we said

“Did you not fear its darkness?”

"Have you no fear of its darkness?"

فَقَالَ وَجْهِي صَبِيحٌ

فَقَالَ وَجْهِي صَبِيحٌ

قُلْنَا صَبَاحَ السَّعادَه

قُلْنَا صَبَاحَ السَّعادَه

So he said, “My face is fair.”

But he said "My face is radiant"

We said, “A morning of happiness!”

We said "Good morning to happiness"