قُلْ لِوادِي الظَّهْرِ حَيَّاهُ الْحَيا

قُلْ لِوادِي الظَّهْرِ حَيَّاهُ الْحَيا

أَنْتَ قد أذكَرْتَنا جَنّاتِ عَدْنِ

أَنْتَ قد أذكَرْتَنا جَنّاتِ عَدْنِ

Say to the valley of al-Ẓahr—may the rain greet it—

Say to the valley of az-Zaher, greet it with life

You have indeed reminded us of the gardens of Eden.

You have reminded us of the gardens of Eden

مَنْ يَقُلْ تَحْكيكَ رَوْضَةُ حاتِم

مَنْ يَقُلْ تَحْكيكَ رَوْضَةُ حاتِم

فَهُوَ مِنْ أَشْعَبَ في عِلْمٍ وظَنِّ

فَهُوَ مِنْ أَشْعَبَ في عِلْمٍ وظَنِّ

Whoever says Ḥātim's garden resembles you

Whoever says your beauty describes the garden of Haatim

Is like Ashʿab in knowledge and conjecture.

He is mistaken in knowledge and assumption

إنّما يَحْكيكَ بَوَّانٌ أَوِ الصُّ

إنّما يَحْكيكَ بَوَّانٌ أَوِ الصُّ

غَدُ أَوْ غُوطَةُ بَيْن الوادِيَيْنِ

غَدُ أَوْ غُوطَةُ بَيْن الوادِيَيْنِ

Only Bawwān resembles you, or al-Ṣu—

Rather, your beauty is described by Buwaan or as-Sughda

—ghd, or Ghouta between the two valleys.

Tomorrow or Ghawtah between the two valleys