المَدُّ بعد الجَزْرِ قالوا إنه

المَدُّ بعد الجَزْرِ قالوا إنه

يأْتِي من البدرِ المُنِيرِ الطَّالِعِ

يأْتِي من البدرِ المُنِيرِ الطَّالِعِ

The flood tide after the ebb—they said that it

The tide after ebb, they said it comes

comes from the radiant, rising full moon.

From the rising full moon so bright

صَدَقُوا فبَدْرِي في مَطالِعِ حُسْنِهِ

صَدَقُوا فبَدْرِي في مَطالِعِ حُسْنِهِ

قد أوْرَثَ الأجْفانَ مَدَّ مَدامِعِي

قد أوْرَثَ الأجْفانَ مَدَّ مَدامِعِي

They spoke truly, for my full moon, as his beauty rises,

They spoke true, for my moon's rising beauty

has brought upon my eyelids the flood tide of my tears.

Has caused a tide of tears in my eyes tonight