بمقدمِكَ السعيد قد اسْتنارت

دمشق وبشرت بسنا عليّ

With your auspicious arrival, Damascus was illuminated

And it gave me good tidings of a radiant year ahead

وقد كانتْ إلى الوسميِّ تهفو

فأغناها الوليّ عن الوليّ

It was yearning for the branded one

But the patron has made it needless of any patron