سقى حَلَبُ المزنِ مغنى حَلَبْ

سقى حَلَبُ المزنِ مغنى حَلَبْ

فكم وصَلَتْ طرباً بالطَّرَبْ

فكم وصَلَتْ طرباً بالطَّرَبْ

May the clouds’ milk water the abode of Aleppo!

The milking of Halab quenched the thirst of Halab

For how often it joined delight to delight!

So how much joy did it bring with joy?

وكم مستطابٍ من العيشِ لذَّ

وكم مستطابٍ من العيشِ لذَّ

بها لي إِذِ العيشُ لم يُسْتَطبْ

بها لي إِذِ العيشُ لم يُسْتَطبْ

And how many a pleasure of life was sweet

And how much sweet life it had

to me there, when life held no delight!

When life was not sweet to me

إِذا نشر الزهرُ أَعلامَه

إِذا نشر الزهرُ أَعلامَه

بها ومطارفَهُ والعَذَب

بها ومطارفَهُ والعَذَب

When the bloom unfurls its banners

When the flowers spread their banners

there, its bordered cloaks and tassels,

In it and its meadows and freshness

غدا وحواشيه من فضّةٍ

غدا وحواشيه من فضّةٍ

تروقُ وأوساطُهُ من ذهب

تروقُ وأوساطُهُ من ذهب

in the morning, its fringes of silver

It became in the morning and its margins of silver

delight the eye, and its centers are gold.

Which glow and its middles of gold

زبرجده بين فيروزجٍ

زبرجده بين فيروزجٍ

عجيبٍ وبين عقيقٍ عَجَب

عجيبٍ وبين عقيقٍ عَجَب

Its chrysolite lies between turquoise

Its chrysoprase between amazing turquoise

of wondrous beauty and marvelous agate.

And amazing red carnelian

تلاعبهُ الريحُ صدرَ الضُّحى

تلاعبهُ الريحُ صدرَ الضُّحى

فَيُجْلى إلينا جلاءَ اللعب

فَيُجْلى إلينا جلاءَ اللعب

The wind plays with it in the early forenoon,

The wind plays with it in the morning

so it is unveiled before us as dolls are displayed.

Bringing its play to us clearly