العَيشُ في لَيلِ دارَيّا إِذا بَرَدا

وَالراحُ نَمزُجُها بِالماءِ مِن بَرَدى

Living in Daraya at night when it is cold

And mixing our drink with cold water

قُل لِلإِمامِ الَّذي عَمَّت فَواضِلُهُ

شَرقاً وَغَرباً فَما نُحصي لَها عَدَدا

Say to the Imam whose virtuous deeds

Have spread far and wide, we cannot count them

اللَهُ وَلّاكَ عَن عِلمٍ خِلافَتَهُ

وَاللَهُ أَعطاكَ ما لَم يُعطِهِ أَحَدا

God has protected you from the knowledge of those opposing the caliphate

And God has given you what he has not given anyone else

وَما بَعَثتَ عِتاقَ الخَيلِ في سَفَرٍ

إِلّا تَعَرَّفتَ فيهِ اليُمنَ وَالرَشَدا

Whenever you dispatched the brave horses on a journey

You recognized good fortune and proper guidance

أَمّا دِمَشقُ فَقَد أَبدَت مَحاسِنَها

وَقَد وَفى لَكَ مُطريها بِما وَعَدا

As for Damascus, it has displayed its beauties

And its rains have fulfilled what was promised you

إِذا أَرَدتَ مَلَأتَ العَينَ مِن بَلَدٍ

مُستَحسَنٍ وَزَمانٍ يُشبِهُ البَلَدا

If you want, you can fill your eyes with a land

Beautiful and a time resembling an ancestral land

يُمسي السَحابُ عَلى أَجبالِها فِرَقاً

وَيُصبِحُ النَبتُ في صَحرائِها بَدَدا

The clouds disperse over its mountains

And vegetation sprouts in its deserts

فَلَستَ تُبصِرُ إِلّا واكِفاً خَضِلاً

أَو يانِعاً خَضِراً أَو طائِراً غَرِدا

You see only a thriving green

Or a chirping bird or one that warbles

كَأَنَّما القَيظُ وَلّى بَعدَ جيأَتِهِ

أَوِ الرَبيعُ دَنا مِن بَعدِ ما بَعُدا

As if the summer heat has gone after its torment

Or spring has come after being so far

يا أَكثَرَ الناسِ إِحساناً وَأَعرَضَهُم

سَيبَن وَأَطوَلَهُم في المَكرُماتِ يَدا

O most generous of people, yet most unassuming

Your good deeds are long lasting

ما نَسأَلُ اللَهَ إِلّا أَن تَدومَ لَكَ ال

نَعماءُ فينا وَأَن تَبقى لَنا أَبَدا

We ask of God only that your blessings upon us endure

And that they remain ours forever