قالواthey said خَراسانُKhurasan أَخرَجَتbrought forth رشَأًa young gazelle
قالوا خَراسانُ أَخرَجَت رشَأً
لَيسَthere is not لَهُfor him فيamong ملاحهاits fair ones ثانيan equal
لَيسَ لَهُ في ملاحها ثاني
They said: Khurasan has brought forth a young gazelle,
They said Khorasan bore a flower
who has no equal among its fair ones.
With no equal in its gardens fair
فَقُلتُso I said لاdo not تَنكرواfind strange محاسِنَهُhis charms
فَقُلتُ لا تَنكروا محاسِنَهُ
فَمَطلَعُfor the rising الشَمسِthe sun مِنfrom خَراسانِKhurasan
فَمَطلَعُ الشَمسِ مِن خَراسانِ
So I said: Do not find his charms strange,
But I replied, do not deny its charm
for the sun rises from Khurasan.
For the sun rises o’er Khorasan