ياO جامعاًmosque فيin دمشقDamascus
يا جامعاً في دمشق
بحسنهin its beauty قدindeed تفردwas unrivaled
بحسنه قد تفرد
O mosque in Damascus,
O mosque in Damascus,
standing peerless in its beauty,
Unrivaled in its beauty,
لمdid not تطربenrapture الناسthe people طراall
لم تطرب الناس طرا
إلاexcept لأنكbecause you are معبدa place of worship; a pun on the name Maʿbad
إلا لأنك معبد
you could never enrapture one and all
You enraptured all the people
if you were not Maʿbad—a house of worship.
Only because you are a place of worship—Maʿbad.
