1. The homelands, homelands of love and yearning
In them wishes grow on the slopes of valleys

2. Where dear friends bid peace at dawn
To soothe the soul and rest the mind

3. How many times did I pass through As-Salihiyah
Its dweller a bouquet of flowers

4. Go O breeze passing it on
The scent of its jasmine and roses

5. Ask about its gardens and groves
Where I lost my heart in their shade

6. Among flowers embroidered
In red, white and pale

7. The wind’s hands shook their branches
Better than a withering, leaning branch

8. And streams I met in gardens
Connected by arches and vines

9. Sometimes it shows me its light smiling
In merriment, sometimes frowning

10. As if its roses on branches
Are flames on a banner raised by warriors

11. It gathered pure waters in tranquility
To be broken by towering waves

12. The breeze passed ill but to me
Became healthy while hearts worried

13. The clouds in the horizon are torn
The sun behind its veil keeping guard

14. Appearing and hiding through its holes
As if led by a cunning pimp

15. A sun showing you flowers’ sky
Revealing stars while stars disappear

16. The crescent bound its wrapper
Fearing the envious eyes

17. Watering Damascus, its water and breeze
Three have bound their love to me

18. I vowed to the times of covenant in its meadows
That my faith would not break its bonds

19. Its lights are a necklace adorning its chest
Outshining necklaces of pearls and gems

20. As if it is the age’s necklace and collar
On the chest of each city and country

21. Its figure is delicate and its sight gratifying
Telling the lovers ancient stories

22. In its dialect the dialect of Hejaz and its softness
Aleppo narrated with eloquence from Baghdad

23. Walk straight in the rein of its perfume to find guidance
O breeze returning my heart to me

24. Not an earthly golden Eden
Whose crown is adorned with Zabargad

25. Its regions are scented and lit
Fulfilling every wish

26. Spring has laid out its floral carpets
Spread out like the drachmas’ carpets

27. Its arches have extended a porch’s ceiling
Revealing stars in black sky

28. Since the nightingale stirred its garden’s roses
The spirits danced in the bodies

29. One day it appeared more beautiful than Damascus
Boasting in the gown of glory during festivals

30. In young men who stood with piety
Devotion, honesty and righteousness

31. They split the rod of discord so they raced
To obedience and guidance

32. Damascus preceded when it first raised
The pillar of glory, of high goals

33. How many prophets it has dressed for
When they came to the Christ the Redeemer

34. In it God returned Paul as an apostle
Who returned to Him in the best of ways

35. And through it we profited having him as apostle
After he persecuted ferociously

36. O a secret, holy call
God commands and the apostle calls

37. Tell me to do as you wish, for I am
In God the best bearer of good news

38. It is the pulpit where the apostle stood at its head
So it held on to his pillars

39. Honored with a confidential session
And the good manners of the ancestors

40. We attained guidance and redemption from perdition
Never, the secret is not with Christmas

41. From an eastern rock facing
The shelter’s rescue of the great critic

42. Our deeds became upright with his knowledge
As spirits upright with bodies

43. These are selected glories
Whose number is with the unique