قَد عَفا جاسِمٌ إِلى بَيتِ راسٍ

قَد عَفا جاسِمٌ إِلى بَيتِ راسٍ

فَالجَوابي فَجانِبِ الجَولانِ

فَالجَوابي فَجانِبِ الجَولانِ

Jasim has been effaced as far as Bayt Ras,

Jasim has come to the house of Rasis

then al-Jawabi, then the side of the Golan,

So greetings from the side of Al-Jawlan

فَحِمى جاسِمٍ فَأَبنِيَةِ الصُف

فَحِمى جاسِمٍ فَأَبنِيَةِ الصُف

فَرِ مَغنى قَنابِلَ وَهِجانِ

فَرِ مَغنى قَنابِلَ وَهِجانِ

then Jasim’s protected pasture, then the buildings of al-Suffar,

Jasim's protection is in the army barracks

an abode of cavalry bands and purebred camels,

Away from the singing of bombs and turmoil

فَالقُرَيّاتِ مِن بِلاسَ فَدارَي

فَالقُرَيّاتِ مِن بِلاسَ فَدارَي

يا فَسَكّاءَ فَالقُصورَ الدَواني

يا فَسَكّاءَ فَالقُصورَ الدَواني

then the hamlets of Bilas, then Darayya,

The small villages from Bilas to Daray

then Sakka, then the nearby palaces.

Oh elegant palaces and fortified buildings

قَد دَنا الفِصحُ فَالوَلائِدُ يَنظِم

قَد دَنا الفِصحُ فَالوَلائِدُ يَنظِم

نَ سِراعاً أَكِلَّةَ المَرجانِ

نَ سِراعاً أَكِلَّةَ المَرجانِ

Easter has drawn near, and the maidservants are stringing

The eloquent speech and newborns are composing

garlands of coral in haste.

Poems quickly like coral reefs

يَتَبارَينَ في الدُعاءِ إِلى اللَ

يَتَبارَينَ في الدُعاءِ إِلى اللَ

هِ وَكُلُّ الدُعاءِ لِلشَيطانِ

هِ وَكُلُّ الدُعاءِ لِلشَيطانِ

They vie with one another in supplication to God,

They compete in praying to God

and all supplication is for Satan.

And all prayers are for Satan

ذاكَ مَغناً لِآلِ جَفنَةَ في الدَي

ذاكَ مَغناً لِآلِ جَفنَةَ في الدَي

رِ وَحَقٌّ تَصَرَّفُ الأَزمانُ

رِ وَحَقٌّ تَصَرَّفُ الأَزمانُ

That was an abode for the house of Jafna in the monastery,

That's the singing for the Jafna family in the monastery

and the changing of the ages is inevitable.

And it's true that time takes its course

صَلَواتُ المَسيحِ في ذَلِكَ الدَي

صَلَواتُ المَسيحِ في ذَلِكَ الدَي

رِ دُعاءُ القِسّيسِ وَالرُهبانِ

رِ دُعاءُ القِسّيسِ وَالرُهبانِ

The prayers to Christ in that monastery

The prayers of Christ in that monastery

are the supplications of the priest and the monks.

Are the prayers of priests and monks

قَد أَراني هُناكَ حَقَّ مَكينٍ

قَد أَراني هُناكَ حَقَّ مَكينٍ

عِندَ ذي التاجِ مَقعَدي وَمَكاني

عِندَ ذي التاجِ مَقعَدي وَمَكاني

Indeed, I see myself there, truly a man of standing,

It has shown me there a place of stability

beside the crowned one—my seat and my place.

In the presence of the crowned, my seat and position