سَقى ثَرى حَلَبٍ ما دُمتَ ساكِنَها

يا بَدرُ غَيثانِ مُنهَلٌّ وَمُنبَجِسُ

You watered the soil of Aleppo as long as you lived there

O full moon, a cloud pouring heavy rain and hail

أَسيرُ عَنها وَقَلبي في المَقامِ بِها

كَأَنَّ مُهري لِثُقلِ السَيرِ مُحتَبَسُ

I travel away from it while my heart remains there

As if my mount were halted by the heaviness of the journey

هَذا وَلَولا الَّذي في قَلبِ صاحِبِهِ

مِنَ البَلابِلِ لَم يَقلَق بِهِ فَرَسُ

And if it weren't for what was in its rider's heart

Of worries, his horse wouldn't have stirred

كَأَنَّما الأَرضُ وَالبُلدانُ موحِشَةٌ

وَرَبعُها دونَهُنَّ العامِرُ الأَنِسُ

It's as if the land and countries are desolate

And its quarters without it inhabited and friendly

مِثلُ الحَصاةِ الَّتي يُرمى بِها أَبَداً

إِلى السَماءِ فَتَرقى ثُمَّ تَنعَكِسُ

Like a pebble forever cast

To the sky, ascending then falling back