دَعَت في أَعالي الصُغدِ يَوماً حَمامَةٌ

عَلى فَنَنٍ في ظِلِّ رَيانَ كَاليَمِّ

A dove called out one day in the heights of al-Sughd

On arts in the shade of flowing water like a sea

فَهاجَت مَشوقاً وَاِستَفَزَّت مُتَيَّماً

وَأَبكَت غَريباً وَاِستَخَفَّت أَخا حلمِ

She stirred with yearning and provoked one enraptured

And made a stranger weep and fooled a brother of dreams