دمشقُ لا زالَ رَبْعُها خَضِرَاً

بِعَدْلِها اليومَ يُضربُ المثلُ

Damascus, its quarter is still green

With its justice today proverbs are coined

فضامنُ المكسِ مطلقٌ فرحٌ

فيها وقاضي القضاةِ معتقلُ

Guarantor of livelihood is carefree joy

In it, while the Chief Justice is imprisoned