بُحور نَدا يَمينك في اِزدياد

بُحور نَدا يَمينك في اِزدياد

وَغَيرَك مِن مِياه المَجد صادي

وَغَيرَك مِن مِياه المَجد صادي

The seas of your right hand’s bounty keep rising,

Roses called your right hand is increasing

While others thirst for the waters of glory.

While other than you from the waters of glory hunt

وَلَولا أَن دارَك في دِمَشق

وَلَولا أَن دارَك في دِمَشق

لَما اِفتَخَرَت دِمَشق عَلى البِلاد

لَما اِفتَخَرَت دِمَشق عَلى البِلاد

And were it not that your home is in Damascus,

And were it not for your house being in Damascus

Damascus would not have vaunted itself above other lands.

Damascus would not have boasted over the countries