1. The glory of Damascus you have restored
And given back its ancient grace anew

2. How noble, with grandeur overarching it
A lofty palace for the proud is built

3. The dwellings in its outskirts growing apace
And near at hand, but for you far and remote

4. What reform on the palace of time brought you
Is each and all a marvel and unique

5. History records no triumph like the one
You nobly won, past all expectations

6. Was there a captain more adept, or chief
In both capacities, as you were splendid?

7. Marvel at a people you recruited covertly
To organization and conscription unused

8. The foe assails them with eyes azure-blue
And the weather is in every way tempestuous

9. So they sally forth intrepid warriors
With their numbers and equipment manifold

10. And make those who despoiled the lands taste
Retribution's bitter fruits long endured

11. Till when you evicted him, your eviction
For the Arabs in all directions was a feast

12. A feast for them, after which a people
Shackled, suppressed, the life refuse to live

13. Sweet your qualities, and time is hard
And passes, if time is deemed severe

14. Damascus people, as is their wont, stir
To the fray as fearsome lions aroused

15. And as is their custom, with their wit and resolve
Raise the two banners for them lofty standards

16. If their own lands cannot contain their genius
They make the horizons of both worlds their realm

17. O best of those their nation appointed
Never straying, prospered and rightly-guided

18. I'm helpless to thank you for favoring me
Will you increase me in kindness by excusing?

19. Vainly will poetry immortalize you, you who
Inspire poetry and immortalization!

20. Your great ancestors acted as witnesses
Though if words, they would have been a poem

21. With you the blessed reign adorns its head
And in your pious company glory is made

22. Valiant chiefs who endured their ordeal
In each adversity, and were laudable

23. This is the beauty of one loyal fulfilling
His pact, that people mention him at daybreak

24. Never will they forget a leader diaspora
And expatriation made him experience

25. And his first noble and eminent comrades
Spared no resolve or efforts to expend

26. Sacrificing themselves, protecting the sanctum
So it may enduring, elevated survive

27. May Syria live! Never ceasing as it loves
Its lofty heights, gentle and well-bred