لِيَهْنِكُمُ دارُ الْمَسَرَّةِ إنّها

لِيَهْنِكُمُ دارُ الْمَسَرَّةِ إنّها

أَجَلُّ بِناءٍ شَيَّدَتْهُ الْخَلائِفُ

أَجَلُّ بِناءٍ شَيَّدَتْهُ الْخَلائِفُ

May the house of joy delight you, for it is

May the abode of joy delight you, for it is

the grandest building the caliphs have raised.

The finest building the Caliphs have erected,

وَيَهْنِكُمُ بُسْتانُها فَهُوَ جَنَّةٌ

وَيَهْنِكُمُ بُسْتانُها فَهُوَ جَنَّةٌ

يُقَصِّرُ عَنْ أَوْصافِها الغُرِّ واصِفُ

يُقَصِّرُ عَنْ أَوْصافِها الغُرِّ واصِفُ

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

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

whose radiant splendors no describer can fully portray.

Beyond what the eloquent can describe,

أَزْاهِرُها دُرٌّ وَأَوْرَاقُها كَما الزٌّ

أَزْاهِرُها دُرٌّ وَأَوْرَاقُها كَما الزٌّ

بَرْجَدِ والْعُشْبُ الْمُلَوَّنُ وارِفُ

بَرْجَدِ والْعُشْبُ الْمُلَوَّنُ وارِفُ

Its blossoms are pearls, and its leaves are like chryso-

Its flowers are pearls and its leaves are like

lite, and the many-colored grass is luxuriant.

Emerald, colored grass, and dense foliage,

فما شِعْبُ بَوَّانٍ وَصُغْدُ سَمَرْ قَدٍ

فما شِعْبُ بَوَّانٍ وَصُغْدُ سَمَرْ قَدٍ

يماثِلُها فلْيَعْرِفِ الْفَرْقَ عارِفُ

يماثِلُها فلْيَعْرِفِ الْفَرْقَ عارِفُ

So neither the valley of Bawwān nor the Sogd of Samarqand

Neither the ravines of Bawan nor the plains of Samarqand

matches it; so let the discerning recognize the difference.

Can equal it, let the knowing acknowledge the difference.