1. How splendid the marble trim in Damascus’s Great Mosque,

    Its inlay and grandeur in perfect harmony.

  2. You strung its arches, O refuge of seekers of bounty,

    And through it the place became the very likeness of al-Raqīm.

  3. It grew still lovelier, refuting the words of one

    Who said that trimming entails diminution.

Sol 5.6