1. O the Levant and its expanse
With its springs and rivers

2. For its hills are melodious
With the birds' rhyming chirps

3. With its valleys and plains
Its waters and flowers

4. Its trees are like brides
Drenched in fragrance

5. At its plains, pigeons coo
At dusk and dawn

6. The wind weaves a pardon
Above the round pond

7. The water is like prose
Flowing from atop the rocks

8. And the leaves in their humming
Recite the Psalms

9. In its south are mountains
And the great plain

10. Lofty al-Muzah
With its shade and lush meadow

11. When you look at its beauty
You turn back, downcast

12. Between its stately homes
Like castles and walls

13. And gardens that surpassed
Resemblance in beauty and peer

14. You may wander its quarters
Among lads and maidens

15. All who came were like
The shining full moon

16. And the beautiful one appeared
Like a star in the dark night

17. This one allures, and that one
Is clad in brocade and silk

18. Out of intense love
Poetry gushed from us

19. So I stringed it like pearls
Strung around the neck

20. I send it to you like a love poem
Mellow, intimate, and serene

21. From a poet, it is I
With a refined, gifted soul