لِيَهْنِكُمُ دارُ الْمَسَرَّةِ إنّها

أَجَلُّ بِناءٍ شَيَّدَتْهُ الْخَلائِفُ

May the abode of joy delight you, for it is

The finest building the Caliphs have erected,

وَيَهْنِكُمُ بُسْتانُها فَهُوَ جَنَّةٌ

يُقَصِّرُ عَنْ أَوْصافِها الغُرِّ واصِفُ

And may its garden delight you, for it is a paradise

Beyond what the eloquent can describe,

أَزْاهِرُها دُرٌّ وَأَوْرَاقُها كَما الزٌّ

بَرْجَدِ والْعُشْبُ الْمُلَوَّنُ وارِفُ

Its flowers are pearls and its leaves are like

Emerald, colored grass, and dense foliage,

فما شِعْبُ بَوَّانٍ وَصُغْدُ سَمَرْ قَدٍ

يماثِلُها فلْيَعْرِفِ الْفَرْقَ عارِفُ

Neither the ravines of Bawan nor the plains of Samarqand

Can equal it, let the knowing acknowledge the difference.