حَفَّتْ بوادي الغُوطة ال

حَفَّتْ بوادي الغُوطة ال

غناء أطيارٌ شُهودُ

غناء أطيارٌ شُهودُ

Encircling the valley of the Ghouta, the—

Around the valley of verdant Ghouta gathered

—lush one—were birds as witnesses.

birds, bearing witness.

لو ساجلتها القينتا

لو ساجلتها القينتا

ن لما صغى لهما يزيد

ن لما صغى لهما يزيد

Had the two songstresses vied with them in song,

Had the two songstresses vied with them,

Yazid would never have inclined his ear to the pair.

Yazid would not have listened to the pair.

وسما على بَرَدى وبا

وسما على بَرَدى وبا

ناسٍ وثوراها يزيد

ناسٍ وثوراها يزيد

And above Barada and Ba—

And above Barada and Banas

—nias and its Thawra, Yazid rose.

and its Thawra, Yazid rose.

وأتى الربيع كأنّما

وأتى الربيع كأنّما

وافت على يده تزيدُ

وافت على يده تزيدُ

And spring arrived, as though

And spring came, as though

at his hand it came to flourish,

Tazid had arrived by his hand,

تُنشي بُرودَ أزاهرٍ

تُنشي بُرودَ أزاهرٍ

أبَداً محاسنها تزيد

أبَداً محاسنها تزيد

weaving robes of blossoms

fashioning cloaks of blossoms,

whose loveliness forever increases.

whose beauties ever grow.