1. رعى اللَه قصراً جل قدراً بحوره

    ونالٍ كأن النيل بعض بحوره

    May God protect a palace, exalted in worth by its houris

    and bounty, as though the Nile were but part of its seas.

  2. تغرد ذات الطوق في عرصاته

    وتمزج كاسات الطلا في صدوره

    The ringdove sings in its courtyards,

    and cups of wine are blended in its foremost chambers.

  3. كأن جنان الخلد قاسم داره

    وسكانها في دوره وبدوره

    As though the gardens of eternity shared its abode,

    and their inhabitants were in its dwellings and its full moons.