لَولا سَنِيُّ الدَّولَةِ بنُ مُحَمَّدٍ

لَولا سَنِيُّ الدَّولَةِ بنُ مُحَمَّدٍ

ما كانَ لِلمَعروفِ ذِكرٌ يُعرَفُ

ما كانَ لِلمَعروفِ ذِكرٌ يُعرَفُ

Were it not for Sani al-Dawla ibn Muhammad,

If it were not for Saniyu ad-Dawlah ibn Muhammad

no mention of beneficence would be known.

Good deeds would not be known and recognized

كَيفَ السَّبيلُ إِلى مَديحِكَ بَعدَما

كَيفَ السَّبيلُ إِلى مَديحِكَ بَعدَما

وَصَفوا عُلاكَ بِأَنَّها لا تُوصَفُ

وَصَفوا عُلاكَ بِأَنَّها لا تُوصَفُ

How can there be a way to praise you, after

How can I praise you when they have already

they have described your eminence as beyond description?

Described your sublime traits as indescribable?

أَمّا دِمَشقُ فَإِنَّها بِكَ رَوضَةٌ

أَمّا دِمَشقُ فَإِنَّها بِكَ رَوضَةٌ

ما تَحتَوي وَسَحابَةٌ ما تُخلِفُ

ما تَحتَوي وَسَحابَةٌ ما تُخلِفُ

As for Damascus, through you it is a garden

As for Damascus, through you it's a garden

so long as it holds you, and a cloud that never fails.

That does not lack clouds or rain

بَلَدٌ أَقَمتَ بِهِ وَذِكرُكَ سائِرٌ

بَلَدٌ أَقَمتَ بِهِ وَذِكرُكَ سائِرٌ

في كُلِّ ناحِيَةٍ يَخُبُّ وَيوجِفُ

في كُلِّ ناحِيَةٍ يَخُبُّ وَيوجِفُ

A city where you have settled, while your renown travels

A land where you reside and your name resonates

through every region, trotting and galloping.

In every corner, diminishing and amplifying

لا يَسأَلُ العافونَ فيهِ لأَنَّهُم

لا يَسأَلُ العافونَ فيهِ لأَنَّهُم

لَمّا رَأوا شَرَفَ الكُفاةِ بِهِ كُفوا

لَمّا رَأوا شَرَفَ الكُفاةِ بِهِ كُفوا

Seekers of bounty do not ask there, because

The needy do not ask in it because when they saw

when they saw Sharaf al-Kufat there, their needs were met.

The honor of self-sufficiency in it, they became self-sufficient