قَد أَجمَدَ الخَمرَ كانونٌ بِكُلِّ قَدَح

وَأَخمَدَ الجَمرَ في الكانونِ حينَ قَدَح

Kānūn has frozen the wine in every goblet,

and quenched the ember in the brazier whenever it was kindled.

يا جَنَّةَ الزَّبَداني أَنتِ مُسفِرَةٌ

عَن وَجهِ حُسنٍ إِذا وَجهُ الزَمانِ كَلَح

O paradise of Zabadani, you shine unveiled,

revealing a face of beauty whenever the face of Time scowls.

فَالثَلجُ قُطنٌ عَلَيكِ السُّحبُ تَحلُجُهُ

وَالجَوُّ نَدّافُهُ وَالقَوسُ قَوسُ قُزَح

The snow upon you is cotton that the clouds gin,

and the air is its carder, the rainbow its bow.

مَتى يَجُل فيكِ طَرفُ الطَرفِ مِن مَرَحٍ

قَرَيتِهِ لُمَحاً تَأتي بِحُسنِ مُلَح

Whenever the eye’s gaze roams through you in delight,

you draw it near to a countenance arrayed in winsome beauty.

تَلقى النَواظِرُ مِن رَوضٍ نَواضِرَ في

قُلوبِنا فَرَجاً مِن هَمِّها وَفَرَح

The gazing eyes find a garden’s radiant blooms, and in

our hearts, release from care and joy.