العَيشُ في لَيلِ دارَيّا إِذا بَرَدا

العَيشُ في لَيلِ دارَيّا إِذا بَرَدا

وَالراحُ نَمزُجُها بِالماءِ مِن بَرَدى

وَالراحُ نَمزُجُها بِالماءِ مِن بَرَدى

Life's delight lies in Darayya's night when it grows cool,

Living in Daraya at night when it is cold

and we mix wine with water from the Barada.

And mixing our drink with cold water

قُل لِلإِمامِ الَّذي عَمَّت فَواضِلُهُ

قُل لِلإِمامِ الَّذي عَمَّت فَواضِلُهُ

شَرقاً وَغَرباً فَما نُحصي لَها عَدَدا

شَرقاً وَغَرباً فَما نُحصي لَها عَدَدا

Tell the imam whose bounties have spread

Say to the Imam whose virtuous deeds

east and west, so we cannot count their number:

Have spread far and wide, we cannot count them

اللَهُ وَلّاكَ عَن عِلمٍ خِلافَتَهُ

اللَهُ وَلّاكَ عَن عِلمٍ خِلافَتَهُ

وَاللَهُ أَعطاكَ ما لَم يُعطِهِ أَحَدا

وَاللَهُ أَعطاكَ ما لَم يُعطِهِ أَحَدا

God knowingly entrusted you with His caliphate,

God has protected you from the knowledge of those opposing the caliphate

and God gave you what He gave no one else.

And God has given you what he has not given anyone else

وَما بَعَثتَ عِتاقَ الخَيلِ في سَفَرٍ

وَما بَعَثتَ عِتاقَ الخَيلِ في سَفَرٍ

إِلّا تَعَرَّفتَ فيهِ اليُمنَ وَالرَشَدا

إِلّا تَعَرَّفتَ فيهِ اليُمنَ وَالرَشَدا

And never have you sent thoroughbred horses on a journey

Whenever you dispatched the brave horses on a journey

without finding in it good fortune and right guidance.

You recognized good fortune and proper guidance

أَمّا دِمَشقُ فَقَد أَبدَت مَحاسِنَها

أَمّا دِمَشقُ فَقَد أَبدَت مَحاسِنَها

وَقَد وَفى لَكَ مُطريها بِما وَعَدا

وَقَد وَفى لَكَ مُطريها بِما وَعَدا

As for Damascus, she has indeed revealed her beauties,

As for Damascus, it has displayed its beauties

and the one who extolled her has kept his promise to you.

And its rains have fulfilled what was promised you

إِذا أَرَدتَ مَلَأتَ العَينَ مِن بَلَدٍ

إِذا أَرَدتَ مَلَأتَ العَينَ مِن بَلَدٍ

مُستَحسَنٍ وَزَمانٍ يُشبِهُ البَلَدا

مُستَحسَنٍ وَزَمانٍ يُشبِهُ البَلَدا

Whenever you wish, you may feast your eyes on a city

If you want, you can fill your eyes with a land

lovely to behold, and a time that matches the city.

Beautiful and a time resembling an ancestral land

يُمسي السَحابُ عَلى أَجبالِها فِرَقاً

يُمسي السَحابُ عَلى أَجبالِها فِرَقاً

وَيُصبِحُ النَبتُ في صَحرائِها بَدَدا

وَيُصبِحُ النَبتُ في صَحرائِها بَدَدا

At evening, clouds lie in bands over her mountains,

The clouds disperse over its mountains

and at morning, plants are scattered across her desert.

And vegetation sprouts in its deserts

فَلَستَ تُبصِرُ إِلّا واكِفاً خَضِلاً

فَلَستَ تُبصِرُ إِلّا واكِفاً خَضِلاً

أَو يانِعاً خَضِراً أَو طائِراً غَرِدا

أَو يانِعاً خَضِراً أَو طائِراً غَرِدا

So you see only a dripping, moisture-laden cloud,

You see only a thriving green

or flourishing green growth, or a sweetly singing bird.

Or a chirping bird or one that warbles

كَأَنَّما القَيظُ وَلّى بَعدَ جيأَتِهِ

كَأَنَّما القَيظُ وَلّى بَعدَ جيأَتِهِ

أَوِ الرَبيعُ دَنا مِن بَعدِ ما بَعُدا

أَوِ الرَبيعُ دَنا مِن بَعدِ ما بَعُدا

As though the summer heat had departed after its arrival,

As if the summer heat has gone after its torment

or spring had drawn near after being far away.

Or spring has come after being so far

يا أَكثَرَ الناسِ إِحساناً وَأَعرَضَهُم

يا أَكثَرَ الناسِ إِحساناً وَأَعرَضَهُم

سَيبَن وَأَطوَلَهُم في المَكرُماتِ يَدا

سَيبَن وَأَطوَلَهُم في المَكرُماتِ يَدا

O most beneficent of people, and broadest among them

O most generous of people, yet most unassuming

in bounty, and with the farthest-reaching hand in noble deeds,

Your good deeds are long lasting

ما نَسأَلُ اللَهَ إِلّا أَن تَدومَ لَكَ ال

ما نَسأَلُ اللَهَ إِلّا أَن تَدومَ لَكَ ال

نَعماءُ فينا وَأَن تَبقى لَنا أَبَدا

نَعماءُ فينا وَأَن تَبقى لَنا أَبَدا

We ask God only that you continue to enjoy the

We ask of God only that your blessings upon us endure

blessings among us, and that you remain ours forever.

And that they remain ours forever