للغُوطَةِ الغنّاء أشرف رَبوةٍ

أضحى بها عيشُ النزيل رغيدا

The singing nightingale's most sublime perch

Has made the sojourner's life joyful

نَشَرَ الربيعُ على حدائق دَوْحها

حُلَلاً تزيدُ على بُرودِ تزِيدا

Spring has spread over Dawha's gardens

Garments that surpass the coolness of Tazid's abode

فلو أنَّ شدّاد ابن عادٍ حلّها

ما شاد في ذاتِ العِماد عَمودا

If Shaddad ibn 'Ad had made it his abode

He would not have erected pillars of grandeur

غنّتْ بها للوِرْق كل مُرّنةٍ

تَدعُ الخليَّ بشَدْوها معمودا

Every swaying branch sang in it

Leaving the nightingale swooning with its melody

فكأنما غنّى الغَريضُ ومعبدٌ

فيها الثقيلَ وردّدا ترديدا

It was as though Garid the singer and Mu'abbad

Sang the slow tempo and repeated the chorus

وشدا زُنامٌ في اليراع وحرّكَتْ

معَه بنانُ بَنانَ فيها العَودا

And Zunam tightened the strings of the lute and moved

The fingers of Banan upon it to and fro