دمشقُDamascus لاmay … not زالَcease to be رَبْعُهاher abode خَضِرَاًgreen
دمشقُ لا زالَ رَبْعُها خَضِرَاً
بِعَدْلِهاfor her justice اليومَtoday يُضربُis cited المثلُthe example
بِعَدْلِها اليومَ يُضربُ المثلُ
Damascus—may her abode never cease to be green!
Damascus, its quarter is still green
Today her justice is held up as a model:
With its justice today proverbs are coined
فضامنُfor the farmer of المكسِthe toll tax مطلقٌfree فرحٌhappy
فضامنُ المكسِ مطلقٌ فرحٌ
فيهاin her وقاضيand the judge of القضاةِthe judges معتقلُimprisoned
فيها وقاضي القضاةِ معتقلُ
For the toll-tax farmer is free and happy
Guarantor of livelihood is carefree joy
there, while the chief judge is imprisoned.
In it, while the Chief Justice is imprisoned
Sol 6.1