1. ادخُل على اسمِ اللهِ في خيرِ دار

    محل طُهرٍ ومُقامِ اعتبار

    Enter, in God's name, the finest abode—

    a place of purity and a seat of reflection.

  2. حمامُ دار الملك وهو الذي

    تأنّقت فيه العقولَ الكبار

    The bathhouse of the royal palace, where

    great minds have worked with exquisite care.

  3. للنار حرٌّ فيه مُستَعذَبٌ

    وفيه للماء المَعينِ انهمار

    Fire has a delightful heat within it,

    and flowing water pours forth within it.

  4. ففيه أشتاتُ المُنَى أُلِّفَت

    كفاك بالضِّدينش ماء ونار

    So within it, scattered wishes have been brought together:

    the two opposites suffice you—water and fire.

  5. تُنتَزَعُ الأثوابُ طراً به

    وأول الأثوابِ ثوبُ الوقار

    All garments are stripped off within it,

    and the first of the garments is the robe of dignity.

  6. شَرَّفَهُ اللهُ بمولى لَهُ

    مكارمُ تُبهِرُ شمسَ النهار

    God has honored it with a lord whose

    noble deeds dazzle the sun of day.

  7. من كأبي الحجاج سُلطاننا

    دام له الملك الرفيعُ المنار

    Who is like Abu al-Hajjaj, our sultan?

    May his dominion endure, its beacon lofty.