1. Damascus, say what you will of her beauty,
And tell of the meadow what tales it imparts,
١. دمشقُ قلْ ما شئتَ في حسنِها
واحكِ عنِ الربوةِ ما تحكي
2. For the birds have sung sweetly their songs
In the garden amid lutes and hookahs
٢. فالطيرُ قد غنَّى على عودِهِ
في الروضِ بينَ الدفِّ والجنك