1. Do you know the quarter that was disguised
Between the lanterns to Wadi Qura

2. To Ash-Sharaa, how excellent is that Ash-Sharaa
Where you see from it the yellowed sand dune

3. Covered with its light, girded
The breeze of the wind spreads that fragrance

4. And the myrtle fresh with aroma and flowers
Until it roams in the valleys and plains

5. Aloeswood and musk make it prosperous
Dwellings that remind those who remember

6. A blessed life and a green era
O my friend set forth or estrange

7. And kiss the feared, sombre calf
Doeskin bags give off scent in the yellow wasteland

8. As if they were from carrion and charnel
Is it a firm rope or a peeled palm branch

9. Withered garments that spent the night folded
They write with hands on the earth’s face

10. From ink, letters and lines
We said to it while the star had set

11. And dawn had broken or nearly broken
It hides in the darkness or can be seen

12. O Jesus my mother the appointed King
And withdraw to that green side

13. If we visit you, the most blossoming protector
Then you see no misfortune and we see none

14. O best of Qais argumentative and helper
Below this destined speech

15. Its composition kept me awake and sleepless
And I stay not feeding my eyelids sleep

16. Until I strung the inked pearls
Necklaces of poetry, strung

17. As if I string from them a jewel
A trade that has profited those who traded

18. So submit and you still remain the greatest elder
Supported, guided, and victorious

19. Long-lived and not seen senile