دَعانا إِلى جرجانَ وَالرَيُ دونَها

دَعانا إِلى جرجانَ وَالرَيُ دونَها

سَوادٌ فَأَرضَت مَن بِها مِن عَشائِرِ

سَوادٌ فَأَرضَت مَن بِها مِن عَشائِرِ

We were called to Jurjan, with Rayy lying before it,

He invited us to Jurjan, though it was still far off,

by Sawad; and it pleased the clans who dwelt there.

A land of darkness, but we were pleased with those tribes who dwelt there.

رَضينا بِريفِ الرَيِّ وَالرَيُّ بَلدَةٌ

رَضينا بِريفِ الرَيِّ وَالرَيُّ بَلدَةٌ

لَها زينَةٌ في عيشِها المُتَواتِرِ

لَها زينَةٌ في عيشِها المُتَواتِرِ

We were content with Rayy’s fertile countryside, and Rayy is a town

We were content with the outskirts of Jurjan, a town

with splendor in its ever-renewed way of life.

Of continual delights and joys.

لَها نَشَرٌ في كُلِّ آخِرِ لَيلَةٍ

لَها نَشَرٌ في كُلِّ آخِرِ لَيلَةٍ

تَذكُرُ أَعراسَ المُلوكِ الأَكابِرِ

تَذكُرُ أَعراسَ المُلوكِ الأَكابِرِ

It has a fragrance at the end of every night;

Every night it displays scenes

you recall the weddings of the mighty kings.

Of the weddings of great kings.