1. When you two passed by the orchard of Ablis
And her hands trampled the dust of garbage piles,

2. She glanced to the left of the caravan with a look
Toward Barada and the meadow of beautiful gazelles.

3. There you see a river where the Nile appears
When it floods in Egypt like some small streams,

4. The evergreen Nufara looks in it like bright stars
That swam in the sky of water without setting.

5. As if the water birds in it are brides
Whose green trains spread over its banks,

6. When they sip from it you are certain they
Are tearing apart chicks as they are rapacious.

7. And how many fish in it have armors on them
Made of lead although they are showing might.

8. Wounded by the edges of swords, their murmur
Is a moan from the touch of those swords.

9. When the river meets the night with its stars
It shows us in the depth of water torch lights.

10. It flows in the valley and meets a soft
Beautiful she-camel that is not barren,

11. And hugged her until she leaned heavily
Unraveling over the pebbles the stomach of a pregnant she-camel.

12. So it begot the springs of Al-Fijah
By which Damascus is amidst seas and coasts.

13. Indeed in the valley are gazelles whose eyelids
Are kohl-lined with what is in the kohl containers.

14. And in the wide plain there is a buck for it arouses
For its viewer the agitation of nightingales.

15. And on the hillside there are houses I delighted in
Oh what fine houses!

16. Nights have passed me with good times
I reaped contentment from them by displeasing the blamer.

17. O Bakkeen nights, Bakkeen nights in the courtyard,
Passion flowed in my veins like my blood.

18. And in Az-Zabadani the cream of life came to me
In it the pure from the udders of pregnant she-camels.

19. And the quarter of intimacy from Kafr Amir still
Looks populated, freshful of springs.

20. And how many times I won in Kubra the greatest of wishes
From fate, and its small ones in those gatherings.

21. In the eye of a Houri is the houri of an eye, so your
Glances' speech is the muteness of anklets.

22. And in Ad-Dullah the beautiful fine one is camping
For it there are strong signs.

23. And Deir Qubais is a paradise, what paradise!
Its drinking-places are accompanied by dining-sheets.

24. And visit Bloudan Al-Manifah and gain
A pleasant life whose quarter is not arid.

25. I yearn for the mornings of Damascus’ districts
And incline toward the shaded shade in Ablis.

26. And how good that Judaida is, what
Dwellings of it inhabited by springs!

27. Dwellings that spring has cast its neighboring
Upon them, vowing not to depart from them.