1. The palaces of lofty Damascus enchanted me,
And the lads of Rawda al-Nayribin and its maidens.

2. And Munbajis in the shade of love as though it were
The clothes of a bride exuding her perfume.

3. Abodes of intimacy - they did not fade or disappear -
With the passing of valleys and plains throughout its expanse.

4. As if there were wafting on it an aromatic breeze
From the oleander, vivifying and illuminating it.

5. It surpasses days in light and delight,
And nights melt while still juicy and plump.

6. When the wind passes through its meadows loathsomely,
It scents it with the fragrance of blossoms in its passing.

7. God watered the plains of Ghouta but they were not sated
Except for the bumpy roads from Mosul - only their tombs.

8. So my friend, give me news, by God do enlighten,
A prisoner of maidens - hardship facilitates its journey.

9. Did its bending branches dance from joy?
Or did its birds make it dance?

10. My two friends, separation has exhausted my tears,
Do you both have any left that I might borrow?

11. My soul forgot joy after you,
but if the feast of reunion comes, so will its happiness.

12. Though in my heart I harbor a glowing ember,
when a tear flows, its flames blaze.

13. And you both promised to help me endure passion’s caprice,
when the woes of separation march, its suffering strays.

14. So why do you continue when its agony persists intensely
as you can see, and its bitterness endures?

15. The hardest thing the lover faces from fervent love,
is the nearness of passion from a beauty he never visits.

16. Oh, would that I knew! Are these the first days of passion?
Or are they its last?

17. When will I be in a party escorted by resolve,
whose steeds are wishes, desire their saddlebags?

18. They are letters with verbs that have prefixes,
if they detect subjective, their rise objective guides.

19. You'd think the groves of Lebanon at night enclosing,
the daybreak of morning within its fence it hides.

20. It left behind the lovers at the entrances,
and turned away from it the gazes of those on its right.

21. So a dejected soul delights, and an envious one is vexed,
and insightful livers - its flames cool.

22. For me hopes have died but to the majesty of noble religion
and its honored enterprise their rise is owed.

23. A magnificent king who the kingdom was adorned by his resolve
by which the spearwood grew long from its shortened state.

24. Meet the children of hopes cheerfully and give glad tidings
of what their aspirations hoped for from your good news.

25. For every grace thanked, spreads,
and every lauded conduct flows.

26. A protector whose resolve the sun shields from
veiled by the ruddy glow of afternoons fading away.

27. Majestic - if facing the stars frowning,
Virgo would fall, and Aquarius flow away.

28. If the new moons sensed his anger,
his authority would stop their rounds.

29. The dew of clouds is ennobled if it's said:
“This is its like” to the least of his bounty.

30. I swear by what Mecca’s plains embraced,
the day after Mina, as camels bleed at their necks.

31. A nation has indeed won a revered kingdom,
to his famed justice their affairs returned.