بمقدمِكَ السعيد قد اسْتنارت

بمقدمِكَ السعيد قد اسْتنارت

دمشق وبشرت بسنا عليّ

دمشق وبشرت بسنا عليّ

With your auspicious arrival, she grew radiant—

With your auspicious arrival, Damascus was illuminated

Damascus—and rejoiced in Ali’s radiance.

And it gave me good tidings of a radiant year ahead

وقد كانتْ إلى الوسميِّ تهفو

وقد كانتْ إلى الوسميِّ تهفو

فأغناها الوليّ عن الوليّ

فأغناها الوليّ عن الوليّ

And she had been yearning for the autumn rain,

It was yearning for the branded one

so the patron freed her from needing the later rain.

But the patron has made it needless of any patron