diff --git a/TajikGanjoor/Pages/Index.cshtml b/TajikGanjoor/Pages/Index.cshtml
index e95282e3..bd2d945a 100644
--- a/TajikGanjoor/Pages/Index.cshtml
+++ b/TajikGanjoor/Pages/Index.cshtml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
                     @foreach (var recitation in Model.GanjoorPage.Poem.Recitations)
                     {
                         <div class="tg-recitation">
-                            <audio controls preload="none">
+                            <audio id="tg-audio-@recitation.Id" controls preload="none">
                                 <source src="@recitation.Mp3Url" />
                             </audio>
                             <div class="tg-recitation-caption">
@@ -112,6 +112,15 @@
                                 }
                                 <a class="tg-recitation-download" href="@recitation.Mp3Url" download title="Боргирӣ">⬇</a>
                             </div>
+                            @if (recitation.InSyncWithText)
+                            {
+                                <script>
+                                    tgInitRecitationSync(
+                                        document.getElementById('tg-audio-@recitation.Id'),
+                                        '@Html.Raw($"{TajikGanjoor.APIRoot.InternetUrl}/api/audio/file/{recitation.Id}.xml")'
+                                    );
+                                </script>
+                            }
                         </div>
                     }
                 </div>
diff --git a/TajikGanjoor/Pages/Shared/_Layout.cshtml b/TajikGanjoor/Pages/Shared/_Layout.cshtml
index fe0679fa..a6fe1493 100644
--- a/TajikGanjoor/Pages/Shared/_Layout.cshtml
+++ b/TajikGanjoor/Pages/Shared/_Layout.cshtml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="~/css/site.css" asp-append-version="true" />
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="~/css/tajik-ganjoor.css" asp-append-version="true" />
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="~/TajikGanjoor.styles.css" asp-append-version="true" />
+    <script src="~/js/recitation-sync.js" asp-append-version="true"></script>
 </head>
 <body>
     <header>
diff --git a/TajikGanjoor/wwwroot/css/tajik-ganjoor.css b/TajikGanjoor/wwwroot/css/tajik-ganjoor.css
index 23bd4a4e..4d53e7e7 100644
--- a/TajikGanjoor/wwwroot/css/tajik-ganjoor.css
+++ b/TajikGanjoor/wwwroot/css/tajik-ganjoor.css
@@ -668,3 +668,11 @@ html, body {
         width: 100%;
     }
 }
+
+/* verse currently being recited, highlighted by recitation-sync.js */
+.tg-verse-active {
+    color: var(--tg-accent-deep) !important;
+    background-color: var(--tg-paper-edge);
+    border-radius: 4px;
+    transition: background-color 0.2s ease;
+}
diff --git a/TajikGanjoor/wwwroot/js/recitation-sync.js b/TajikGanjoor/wwwroot/js/recitation-sync.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a60fe057
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TajikGanjoor/wwwroot/js/recitation-sync.js
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+/* Syncs poem text highlighting to an <audio> recitation's timing XML.
+   Simplified port of the equivalent logic in the main ganjoor.net site
+   (hilightverse/_setXml/_trackTimeChanged in wwwroot/js/bk.js and
+   Pages/Partials/GanjoorPage/PageTypes/_PoemPagePartial.cshtml) - this
+   version drops the inline pause/scroll-lock buttons injected into the
+   verse itself, since that needs UI TajikGanjoor doesn't have; it only
+   does the highlighting.
+
+   Verse elements are counted in document order across .m1, .m2 (the two
+   halves of a couplet), .b2 > p (rubaʼi-style already-centered couplets),
+   .n and .l (paragraph/single-line verses) - same shape PrepareHtmlText
+   produces for both the Persian and Tajik sites, so the sync XML's
+   VerseOrder values line up the same way. */
+(function () {
+    function getVerseElements() {
+        return Array.prototype.slice.call(
+            document.querySelectorAll('.m1, .m2, .n, .l, .b2 > p')
+        );
+    }
+
+    function setActiveVerse(elements, index, previousIndex) {
+        if (previousIndex >= 0 && previousIndex < elements.length && previousIndex !== index) {
+            elements[previousIndex].classList.remove('tg-verse-active');
+        }
+        if (index >= 0 && index < elements.length) {
+            elements[index].classList.add('tg-verse-active');
+            if (elements[index].scrollIntoView) {
+                elements[index].scrollIntoView({ block: 'center', behavior: 'smooth' });
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    window.tgInitRecitationSync = function (audioEl, xmlUrl) {
+        var verseStart = [];
+        var verseEnd = [];
+        var verseIndex = [];
+        var vCount = 0;
+        var lastHighlight = -1;
+        var verseElements = null;
+
+        fetch(xmlUrl)
+            .then(function (res) { return res.text(); })
+            .then(function (text) {
+                var xml = new window.DOMParser().parseFromString(text, 'text/xml');
+                var bugFixNode = xml.querySelector('OneSecondBugFix');
+                var oneSecondBugFix = bugFixNode ? parseInt(bugFixNode.textContent, 10) : 2000;
+
+                var syncNodes = xml.querySelectorAll('SyncInfo');
+                var v = 0;
+                syncNodes.forEach(function (node) {
+                    var msNode = node.querySelector('AudioMiliseconds');
+                    var orderNode = node.querySelector('VerseOrder');
+                    if (!msNode || !orderNode) return;
+                    verseStart[v] = parseInt(msNode.textContent, 10) / oneSecondBugFix;
+                    verseIndex[v] = parseInt(orderNode.textContent, 10);
+                    if (v > 0) verseEnd[v - 1] = verseStart[v];
+                    v++;
+                });
+                v--;
+                if (v > 1) verseEnd[v] = verseStart[v] + 2 * (verseEnd[v - 1] - verseStart[v - 1]);
+                vCount = v;
+                verseElements = getVerseElements();
+            })
+            .catch(function () { /* sync data unavailable - audio still plays normally without highlighting */ });
+
+        audioEl.addEventListener('timeupdate', function () {
+            if (!verseElements) return;
+            var currentTime = audioEl.currentTime;
+            if (currentTime <= 0) return;
+            for (var i = 0; i <= vCount; i++) {
+                if (currentTime >= verseStart[i] && currentTime <= verseEnd[i]) {
+                    if (verseIndex[i] !== lastHighlight) {
+                        setActiveVerse(verseElements, verseIndex[i], lastHighlight);
+                        lastHighlight = verseIndex[i];
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        });
+
+        audioEl.addEventListener('play', function () {
+            document.querySelectorAll('audio').forEach(function (other) {
+                if (other !== audioEl) other.pause();
+            });
+        });
+
+        audioEl.addEventListener('ended', function () {
+            setActiveVerse(verseElements || [], -1, lastHighlight);
+            lastHighlight = -1;
+        });
+    };
+})();