1. A city like a radiant flower
Exuding fragrance over its soil

2. Its magical shores glowing
The heart of the Nile throbs in its chest

3. You'd think it a rhythmic song
Its beauty has composed on its river

4. Its vague melodies unconstrained
Composed by destiny from its birds

5. And its red sun rising
Pours the cup of light at its full moon

6. The laden branch bent over it
And its grapes shaded it from the pavilions

7. And the crescent moon wandered in it
Composing from time to time

8. A poem inspired by God
With the sensibility of an artist and poet

9. The city of magic, the place of wonders
And the destination of its enchanting eyes

10. The rooms of gold sleep in it
On gardens fresh and flourishing

11. Dawn lit it up, and when it set
It lit it up with shining souls

12. Beauty adorned it with what it bestowed
And love balanced it with what it pictured

13. Oh, the sweetness of the flirtatious one who loved!
And that gazelle, what an embellishment it was!

14. The laden branch bent over it
And its grapes shaded it from the pavilions

15. And the crescent moon wandered in it
Composing from time to time

16. A poem inspired by God
With the sensibility of an artist and poet

17. Damascus and its Lebanon intoxicated it
And the cities with their wandering fragrance

18. Its young men encircled it with love
And its carefree playing melody

19. Love imbued it through its artists
And balanced it with bright eyes

20. And its youth overflowed with ardour
On the free and lofty banks

21. What bliss it is! Its condition is
To embrace paradise in its euphoria?!

22. A city inscribed by the composer
On the parchment's chime from its flower bed

23. The flashing transient melted in it
Ingots of silver from its element

24. And the curative and constants bestowed on it
The abundant Kawthar from its rivers

25. And the crescent moon wandered in it
Composing from time to time

26. A poem inspired by God
With the sensibility of an artist and poet