أُفاضِلُ الدنيا وَان بَرَّزوا

أُفاضِلُ الدنيا وَان بَرَّزوا

لَم يَبلُغوا غايَةَ اِستاذِها

لَم يَبلُغوا غايَةَ اِستاذِها

The world's eminent men, even if they excel,

However excellent the lands though they seem

have not reached the heights of its master.

None have attained their teacher's glory supreme

أَما تَرى أَمصارَ جمَّةً

أَما تَرى أَمصارَ جمَّةً

وَلا تَرى مِصراً كَبَغدادِها

وَلا تَرى مِصراً كَبَغدادِها

Do you not see cities aplenty,

Have you not seen the teeming towns and cities?

yet see no city like its Baghdad?

Yet nowhere exists a Baghdad such as this