ما حمصُ قليلةٌ وإنْ طالَ عنادْ

حمصٌ بلدٌ قدْ فاقَ في الحسنِ بلادْ

Homs is no small place, though enmity be prolonged

Homs is a town whose beauty all other towns has outshone

تنبيكَ حروفُ حمصَ صدقاً وسدادْ

إذْ منْ سورِ القرآنِ حم وص

The letters spelling Homs tell truly of its grace

For from the Quran's chapter H.M. it takes its case

أغيدُ ذو طبٍّ وذو حكمةٍ

لو عادَ أحيا قلبيَ الطائحا

A sage of healing art, and wisdom too

If he returned, he'd bring my wandering heart back home

فَهْوَ طبيبٌ لفؤادي ولو

شئتَ لأبدلتَ الطاءَ حا

So he's the doctor to my soul, and though

You wished, you could not change that H to KH.