تجلىshone forth فيin مَنازِلِناour dwellings هلالٌa crescent moon
تجلى في مَنازِلِنا هلالٌ
قدalready انكسَفَتْwere eclipsed بطلْعتِهِby its appearance النُّجومُthe stars
قد انكسَفَتْ بطلْعتِهِ النُّجومُ
A crescent moon shone forth in our dwellings.
A crescent appeared in our abodes
The stars have been eclipsed by its appearance.
The stars paled at its rising
فأنشدَthen recited فألُa good omen تاريخٍof a chronogram أراهُI behold it
فأنشدَ فألُ تاريخٍ أراهُ
بشكرthrough thanking اللهِGod نِعمتُناour blessing تدومُendures
بشكر اللهِ نِعمتُنا تدومُ
Then the good omen of a chronogram I behold recited:
It sang the omen of an era I see
Through gratitude to God, our blessing endures.
By God's grace, may our blessing endure