وَمَدَّ عَلَينا اللَيلُ ثَوباً مُنَمَّقاً

وَمَدَّ عَلَينا اللَيلُ ثَوباً مُنَمَّقاً

وَأُشعِلَ فيهِ الفَجرُ فَهوَ مُحَرَّقُ

وَأُشعِلَ فيهِ الفَجرُ فَهوَ مُحَرَّقُ

Night spread over us an embroidered robe,

And night spread an ornate robe over us;

The night has spread over us a starry gown

and dawn was kindled within it, leaving it ablaze.

And dawn was kindled within it, so the robe was scorched.

And dawn has set it aflame, leaving it scorched

وَصَبَّحَنا صُبحٌ كَأَنَّ ضِياءَهُ

وَصَبَّحَنا صُبحٌ كَأَنَّ ضِياءَهُ

تَعَلَّمَ مِنّا كَيفَ يَبهى وَيُشرِقُ

تَعَلَّمَ مِنّا كَيفَ يَبهى وَيُشرِقُ

A morning greeted us whose radiance seemed

And morning greeted us, as though its radiance

We awoke to a dawn whose brightness

to have learned from us how to glow with splendor and shine.

Had learned from us how to be beautiful and shine.

Seemed to have learned from us how to blaze and shine