1. Damascus hides not the passions of love nor its secrets
The soul chooses what from its palm spreads goodness

2. His prayers moisten the land with blessings
And the breeze drips with ecstasy upon descent

3. It is what has granted us eternity to take refuge
From the balcony of forgetfulness when it looms

4. It is as if it is the land that the flood never touched
Rather it was for Noah to take refuge

5. In visions, it reveals itself to the alphabet
And in its love, openings for the mystics

6. So if I nap to the murmur of its doves
My visions overflow and prayers envelop me

7. The clouds clear revealing its dreams
Melting into its alleys in serenity

8. Within it, for all lovers, are dwellings
Its evenings for lovers are spacious

9. Without Damascus, the world would lose its way
For without it, the true path grows dim

10. With jasmine its wonders were composed
Absorbed beyond the foothills in whiteness

11. Every poem took refuge in it, to behold
What visions it inspired and made possible

12. The lover is bound to kneel before it
As passions of love roam and speak

13. It is all that whispers to our secrets
And through it, the visionary is inspired to reveal

14. From the joy in it, minarets overflowed
Glory touched the clouds, palaces aloft

15. When it loves, its love becomes its faith
Its book, beyond words, most eloquent

16. To the stranger it is refuge and tranquility
Walking in the shade of its affection at peace

17. Bathed in perfume, nay, its own perfume
Scenting all existence in fragrant abundance

18. Of Damascus, passions do not hide the beauty
And the face of life itself becomes beautiful

19. It is the landing place of visions, at its doors
The horizon halted, for ambitions, ambitions

20. Since history marveled at it
The eternal gate before it lies open