سَلامٌ فاح منهُ كُلُّ طَيبٍ

سَلامٌ فاح منهُ كُلُّ طَيبٍ

بعثت بِهِ الى ربع الحَبيبِ

بعثت بِهِ الى ربع الحَبيبِ

A greeting from which every sweet fragrance wafted—

A greeting whose fragrance spreads sweetness

I sent it to the beloved's dwelling.

I have sent it to the land of my beloved

عَسى ان التحيَّةَ من بَعيدٍ

عَسى ان التحيَّةَ من بَعيدٍ

تَنوب عَن التحيَّة من قَريبِ

تَنوب عَن التحيَّة من قَريبِ

May a greeting from afar

Perhaps a greeting from afar

Take the place of a greeting from nearby,

Can make up for a greeting that's near

وَأَنَّ تحيَّةً منكم الينا

وَأَنَّ تحيَّةً منكم الينا

تَجيءُ الىَّ مَع ريح الجنوبِ

تَجيءُ الىَّ مَع ريح الجنوبِ

And may a greeting from you to us

And a greeting from you all to us

Come to me with the south wind.

Will come to me with the southern wind

سَقى اللَه المَنازِل حيث كنّا

سَقى اللَه المَنازِل حيث كنّا

فَتلك بانسها وطن الغَريبِ

فَتلك بانسها وطن الغَريبِ

May God water the dwellings where we once lived,

May God water the homes where we were

For those, with their familiar warmth, are the stranger's homeland.

For they are, with their people, a stranger’s homeland

اتوق الىحماها كلَّ حينٍ

اتوق الىحماها كلَّ حينٍ

كَما اشتاق العَليل إِلى الطَبيب

كَما اشتاق العَليل إِلى الطَبيب

I yearn for their precincts at every moment,

I yearn for Hama at all times

As the sick person longs for the physician.

As the sick yearn for the doctor

وانتظر النسيم لعلَّ فيهِ

وانتظر النسيم لعلَّ فيهِ

لنا منها سلاماً في الهبوبِ

لنا منها سلاماً في الهبوبِ

And I await the breeze—perhaps it holds

And I wait for the breeze, perhaps in it

A greeting for us from them as it blows.

There will be a greeting for us when it blows

عَسى بعد الفراق لنا اجتماعٌ

عَسى بعد الفراق لنا اجتماعٌ

فتشرقَ شمسنا بعد الغروبِ

فتشرقَ شمسنا بعد الغروبِ

May we be reunited after separation,

After separation, may we gather again

So that our sun may rise after sunset.

And our sun rise after its setting