قِف بِالمَطِيِّ بِساحَةِ الزَبَداني

قِف بِالمَطِيِّ بِساحَةِ الزَبَداني

لا تَعسِفَنَّ بِها إِلى عُسفانِ

لا تَعسِفَنَّ بِها إِلى عُسفانِ

Halt with the riding camels in the open grounds of Zabadani.

Stop with your camel at Al-Zabadani’s square

Do not drive them harshly onward to ʿUsfān.

Do not force it towards Usfan

كَم ثَمَّ لِلرُّوّادِ وَالوُرّادِ مِن

كَم ثَمَّ لِلرُّوّادِ وَالوُرّادِ مِن

صُدَّى إِذا اِنتَجَعوا وَمِن سَعدانِ

صُدَّى إِذا اِنتَجَعوا وَمِن سَعدانِ

How plentiful there, for pasture scouts and water-seekers, are

How much echo there was for visitors and lodgers

Ṣuddā-like waters, when they seek pasture, and saʿdān!

When they gathered and were joyful

تِلكَ المَرابِعُ لا الغُوَيرُ وَلا رُبا

تِلكَ المَرابِعُ لا الغُوَيرُ وَلا رُبا

نَجدٍ وَلا حَزوى وَلا العَلَمانِ

نَجدٍ وَلا حَزوى وَلا العَلَمانِ

Those are the spring pastures—not al-Ghuwayr, nor the hills of

Those are dwellings, not Ghawair, or Ruba

Najd, nor Ḥazwā, nor al-ʿAlamān.

Or Najd or Hazwa or Al Almani

أَمواهُها راحي وَبَردُ نَسيمِها

أَمواهُها راحي وَبَردُ نَسيمِها

رَوحي وَنَبتُ رِياضِها رَيحاني

رَوحي وَنَبتُ رِياضِها رَيحاني

Its waters are my wine, and the coolness of its breeze

Its water is my comfort, the coolness of its breeze

my solace; the plants of its gardens are my sweet basil.

My soul, and the plants of its gardens my delight