جبينbrow سلطانناour sultan المرجىthe hoped-for
جبين سلطاننا المرجى
مباركblessed المطلعthe rising البديعthe wondrous
مبارك المطلع البديع
The brow of our hoped-for sultan
The blessed forehead of our hoped Sultan
is blessed in its wondrous rising.
Blessed is his splendid rising
ياO بهجةjoy الدهرthe age إنif تبدىappears
يا بهجة الدهر إن تبدى
هلالcrescent شعبانSha‘ban فيin ربيعspring
هلال شعبان في ربيع
O joy of the age, when there appears
O joy of time when he appears
the crescent of Sha‘ban in spring!
The crescent moon of Sha'ban in spring