1. شهباء جئتك أخفي في دمي سببا

    وهل ألام إذا كان الهوى  سببا

    Shahba, I have come to you, hiding a reason in my blood.

    And am I to blame if love was the reason?

  2. أشكو إليك حنينا كاد  يقتلني

    يا مشرق الحب لو أن الهوى غربا

    I complain to you of a yearning that nearly killed me,

    O sunrise of love, were love to set.

  3. ها جئت يا حلب الشهباء  تحملني

    روح ترف على أشواقها  طربا

    Behold, I have come, O Aleppo al-Shahba, borne

    by a spirit fluttering over its longings in rapture.

  4. أنت النشيد الذي ما خطه  قلم

    يوما ولا في مدادات الهوى  كُتبا

    You are the anthem that no pen has traced

    ever; nor was it written in the inks of love.

  5. لو يسألون المدى من أنت قال لهم :

    سرٌّ على صفحات الخلد قد سُكبا

    Were they to ask the vast expanse who you are, it would tell them:

    A secret poured upon the pages of eternity.

  6. كأنما الكون نادى من بدايته

    كوني كما أنت في سفر الهوى حلبا

    As though the universe had called out from its beginning:

    Be, as you are, Aleppo in the book of love.