1. أظبية داريا تملكت مهجة

    تلا لك آيات المحبة تاليها

    O gazelle of Darayya, you have taken possession of a heart.

    Love's verses were recited to you by their reciter.

  2. ومن لهفها والوجد والشوق والهوى

    كواها النوى والهجر أرخص غاليها

    And from its anguish, passion, longing, and love,

    Distance scorched it, and estrangement cheapened what was dear to it.

  3. مضت أرباً من سفح جوفي كأنها

    مدينة قوم أصلها صار عاليها

    It departed in pieces from the slope within me, as though it were

    A people's city, whose foundation had become its top.

  4. وفرقها جيش الفراق فشابهت

    عصابة جند خالفت أمر واليها

    And the army of separation scattered it, so it resembled

    A band of soldiers that disobeyed its governor's command.