1. قُلْ للإمامِ ابنِ الإما

    مِ ابنِ الإمامِ ابنِ الإمامْ

    Say to the Imam, son of the Imam,

    son of the Imam, son of the Imam:

  2. الَرَّوْضَةُ الْغَنَّا غَدَتْ

    في الْحُسْنِ في أَعْلَى مَقامْ

    Lush al-Rawḍah has attained

    the loftiest rank in beauty.

  3. لَمّا حَلَلْتَ بسُوحِها

    تاهَتْ على غُوَطِ الشآمْ

    When you settled in its grounds,

    it vaunted itself above the fertile lowlands of al-Shām,

  4. وَرَأَتْ لَها فَضلاً عَلَى

    صَنْعا وسامَتْ قَصْرَ سامْ

    and saw itself superior to

    Sanaa, and rivaled Sām’s palace.

  5. رَاقَتْ لِكُلِّ النازِلِي

    نَ بِها لَدَى كُلِّ الأنَامْ

    It delighted all who dwelt

    within it, in the eyes of all humankind.