1. جَاءَتِ المَنْجَةُ البَدِيعَةُ مِنْ أَثْمَارِ

    بُسْتَانِكَ الخَصِيبِ الْعَجِيبِ

    The exquisite mango came from the fruits

    Of your fertile, wondrous orchard.

  2. شَهْوَةُ النَّفْسِ مَا بِهَا مِنَ رِوَاءِ

    وَغِذَاءٍ وَمِنْ شَرَابٍ وَطِيبِ

    The soul's desire is the refreshment it holds,

    And nourishment, and drink, and fragrance.

  3. وَهَبَتْنِي أَسنَى الهِبَاتِ مُلُوكٌ

    فَتَقَبَّلْتُهَا وَقَلْبِي أَبِيْ

    Kings gave me the most splendid gifts,

    So I accepted them, my heart unbowed.

  4. وَتَلَقَّيْتُ مِنْكَ أَزْهَدَ شَيءٍ

    فَإِذَا الكَهْلُ مِنْ سُرورٍ صَبِيْ

    And I received from you the humblest thing,

    And lo, the grown man, for joy, was a boy.

  5. لُوْ تَصِّحُ النُّقُودُ حُلْيَ صُدُورٍ

    لَمْ يَدَعْ حَمْلَ مَا مُنْحِتُ نَبِيْ

    If coins were fitting ornaments for chests,

    No prophet would forgo bearing what I was given.

  6. يا من لهم في صميم القلب أمثلة

    تطيل مكثي في أهلي وأصحابي

    O you whose likenesses dwell in the heart's core,

    Prolonging my stay among my family and friends,

  7. إن غاب جسمي والأيام منسية

    أبقيت رسمي ذكرى بين أحبابي

    If my body is absent, and days bring forgetfulness,

    I have left my likeness, a remembrance among my loved ones.

  8. ما الذي أنجبت حلب

    من جمال هو العجب

    What has Aleppo brought forth

    Of beauty that is wonder itself,

  9. ومن اللطف والحجي

    ومن الظرف والأرب

    And of gentleness and wisdom,

    And of charm and discernment!

  10. خير أم وخير زوج

    تنتمي لخير أب

    The best of mothers and the best of wives,

    She traces her descent to the best of fathers.

  11. تجمع المحمدات

    في نسب زين بالحسب

    She combines all praiseworthy qualities

    In a lineage adorned with ancestral honor.

  12. وتسمى علية

    حبذا الاسم واللقب

    And she is called Aliyya—

    How fine the name and the title!

  13. بديباجة من خيوط الغمام

    تخللها كل شئ عجب

    With a brocade of threads of cloud,

    Through which ran every wondrous thing,

  14. جلا شعرك العربي الأنيق

    طرائف زادت ثراء الأدب

    Your elegant Arabic verse unveiled

    Rarities that enriched literature.

  15. وما برح الشعر في كل عصر

    له كوكب يجتلي في حلب

    And poetry, in every age, has always had

    A star to be beheld in Aleppo.