سقىmay he water حلباًAleppo ساقيthe cupbearer of الغمامِthe clouds ولاand not ونىgrow weary
سقى حلباً ساقي الغمامِ ولا ونى
يروحُhe visits in the evening علىover أكنافهاher outskirts ويبكّرand he comes early
يروحُ على أكنافها ويبكّر
May the clouds' cupbearer water Aleppo and never tire,
The rain clouds watered Aleppo yet did not forget
Visiting her outskirts in the evening and early morning.
To nourish her outskirts and visit her early
هيshe المألفُthe haunt المألوفُthe familiar والموطنُand the homeland الذيthat
هي المألفُ المألوفُ والموطنُ الذي
تخيرتهُI chose it منfrom خيرthe best of ماwhat أَتخيرI choose
تخيرتهُ من خير ما أَتخير
She is the familiar haunt and the homeland that
She is the familiar, the accustomed, the home
I chose from the best of all I might choose.
I chose from the best of what I could choose
صحبتُI kept company with لديهاin her presence الدهرَTime والدهرُand Time أبيضٌwhite
صحبتُ لديها الدهرَ والدهرُ أبيضٌ
ونادمتُand I drank with فيهاwithin her العيشُLife والعيشُand Life أخضرgreen
ونادمتُ فيها العيشُ والعيشُ أخضر
I kept company with Time there, and Time was white,
I spent my life with her and life is white
And there I drank with Life, and Life was green.
And I enjoyed living there and living is green
لناfor us فيin بعاذينٍBaʿadhin مصيفٌa summer retreat وَمَرْبَعٌand a spring abode
لنا في بعاذينٍ مصيفٌ وَمَرْبَعٌ
وفيand in جوَthe valley of باصفراءَBasafra مبدىًan open-country retreat ومحضرand a settled dwelling
وفي جوَ باصفراءَ مبدىً ومحضر
We have in Baʿadhin a summer retreat and a spring abode,
For us there are summer resorts and squares
And in Basafra's valley, an open-country retreat and a settled home.
And in her yellow air, horizons and dwellings
رباعُthe dwellings of بنيthe sons of الهمّاتِhigh resolve حيثwhere تشاءمواthey went to Syria
رباعُ بني الهمّاتِ حيث تشاءموا
لِيُعْرفَso that it may be recognized معروفٌgood ويُنكرand may be condemned منكرevil
لِيُعْرفَ معروفٌ ويُنكر منكر
The dwellings of the sons of high resolve, where they settled in Syria,
Encampments of the distinguished where they gathered
So that good may be recognized and evil condemned.
To recognize favors and reject wrongs
ترىyou see ترباًsoils شتىvaried فتربٌso one soil مصندلٌsandalwood-scented
ترى ترباً شتى فتربٌ مصندلٌ
ينافسهrivals it فيin الحسنbeauty تُرْبٌsoil مزعفرsaffron-infused
ينافسه في الحسن تُرْبٌ مزعفر
You see varied soils: one is sandalwood-scented,
You see various soils so a sandy soil
Rivaled in beauty by soil infused with saffron.
Rivals in beauty a gray dusty soil
وروضاًand a meadow تلاقىcame together بينamid أثناءِthe folds of نبتهits vegetation
وروضاً تلاقى بين أثناءِ نبته
مُمَسَّكmusk-scented نَوْرٍblossoms يُجْتَنىare picked ومعنبرand ambergris-scented
مُمَسَّك نَوْرٍ يُجْتَنى ومعنبر
And a meadow where, amid the folds of its vegetation, mingle
And gardens where amidst the plants' growth
Musk-scented blossoms for picking and ambergris-scented ones.
Clings preserved light, harvested and ambergris scented
Sol 6.1