لَيسَ في الأَرضِ ما يَفوقُ سِوى الشا

لَيسَ في الأَرضِ ما يَفوقُ سِوى الشا

مِ وَدَعني مِن سائِرِ الآفاقِ

مِ وَدَعني مِن سائِرِ الآفاقِ

Nothing on earth excels save al-Shā—

There is nothing on earth that surpasses Syria

—m; and spare me all the other horizons.

So let me forget all other horizons

يا رِياحَ الشَآمِ أَنتِ رَسولٌ

يا رِياحَ الشَآمِ أَنتِ رَسولٌ

يَتَعَنّى في حاجَةِ العُشّاقِ

يَتَعَنّى في حاجَةِ العُشّاقِ

O winds of al-Shām, you are a messenger

O winds of Syria, you are a messenger

who takes pains to serve lovers.

Who strives to fulfill lovers' needs

وَإِذا زُرتِ غُلَّتي بِنَسيمِ

وَإِذا زُرتِ غُلَّتي بِنَسيمِ

قامَ بَينَ الحَشا مَقامَ العِناقِ

قامَ بَينَ الحَشا مَقامَ العِناقِ

And when you visit my burning thirst with a breeze,

And when you blow upon my ardour with a breeze

it takes the place of an embrace within my breast.

You take the place of an embrace between the bushes

لَكِ مِن أَدمُعي مَيادينُ شَوقٍ

لَكِ مِن أَدمُعي مَيادينُ شَوقٍ

فَاِركُضي فيهِ مِثلَ رَكُضِ العِتاقِ

فَاِركُضي فيهِ مِثلَ رَكُضِ العِتاقِ

For you, my tears form fields of longing;

You have fields of passion from my tears

so gallop there as thoroughbreds gallop.

So gallop through them like the galloping of steeds

ذِخِرَت مُقلَتي كُنوزَ دُموعِ

ذِخِرَت مُقلَتي كُنوزَ دُموعِ

فَاِجهَدي يا هُمومُ في الإِنفاقِ

فَاِجهَدي يا هُمومُ في الإِنفاقِ

My eye has stored up treasures of tears;

My eyelids have stored treasures of tears

so strive, O sorrows, to spend them.

So strive, O sorrows, in spending them

فَكَأَنَّ الأَنداءَ نَفتَهُ راقِ

فَكَأَنَّ الأَنداءَ نَفتَهُ راقِ

وَكَأَنَّ الحَفيفَ صَوتُ الراقِ

وَكَأَنَّ الحَفيفَ صَوتُ الراقِ

So it is as though the dewdrops were a healer's blown spittle,

So it is as if the echoes called him from afar

and as though the rustling were the healer's voice.

And as if the rustling was the voice of the she-camel rider

وَسَلامٌ عَلى اللَيالي الخَوالي

وَسَلامٌ عَلى اللَيالي الخَوالي

مِن مُعَنّى مِنَ اللَيالي البَواقي

مِن مُعَنّى مِنَ اللَيالي البَواقي

And peace upon the nights gone by,

Peace be upon the intimate nights

from one tormented by the nights that remain.

With meaning from the remaining nights

عَلَّلوني عَنِ الشَآمِ بِذِكرٍ

عَلَّلوني عَنِ الشَآمِ بِذِكرٍ

إِنَّ قَلبي إِلَيهِ بِالأَشواقِ

إِنَّ قَلبي إِلَيهِ بِالأَشواقِ

Console me with talk of al-Shām;

They distracted me from Syria with talk

indeed, my heart turns toward it with longing.

Though my heart yearns for it with passions

مَثَّلَتهُ الذِكرى لِعَيني كَأَنّي

مَثَّلَتهُ الذِكرى لِعَيني كَأَنّي

أَتَمَشّى هُناكَ بِالأَحداقِ

أَتَمَشّى هُناكَ بِالأَحداقِ

Remembrance has pictured it before my eye, as though I

Remembrance portrayed it to my eyes as if

were strolling there with my eyes.

I was walking there with glances

لا أَغَبَّ الغَمامُ عَنهُ تَحايا

لا أَغَبَّ الغَمامُ عَنهُ تَحايا

تُلبِسُ الغُصنَ سُندُسَ الأَوراقِ

تُلبِسُ الغُصنَ سُندُسَ الأَوراقِ

May the clouds never let their greetings to it lapse,

The clouds do not cease drifting over it

greetings that clothe the bough in the fine silk of leaves.

Dressing the branches in the finery of leaves

عَذَّبَ اللَهُ بِالتَنائي التَنائي

عَذَّبَ اللَهُ بِالتَنائي التَنائي

وَأَذاقَ الفِراقَ طَعمَ الفِراقِ

وَأَذاقَ الفِراقَ طَعمَ الفِراقِ

May God torment separation with separation,

God has tortured with parting, parting

and make parting taste the flavor of parting.

And made us taste the flavor of parting