1. Your words are from the eloquent compositions,
And from the refined poetry of Ibn Zaidun.
١. حديثُكِ من مقامات البديعِ
ومن شِعرِ ابن زيدونَ الرفيعِ
2. O one born in Damascus, remember me
For what I have offered of good deeds.
٢. أيا ولادةَ الشامِ اذكُريني
بما قدَّمتُ من حسنِ الصنيع
3. Your stature is a palm tree and my love for it
Is like Ibn Iyas, disobedient yet compliant.
٣. قوامكِ نخلةٌ وهوايَ فيها
هوى ابنِ إياسٍ العاصي مطيع
4. For it I have in my palm tree sweet poetry
That became like flowers in spring.
٤. له في نخلتي حلوانُ شعرٌ
غدا منه كزهرٍ من ربيع