بقاع دمشق للأمير بشائر

بقاع دمشق للأمير بشائر

فقف بمغاني جنكها مترنما

فقف بمغاني جنكها مترنما

The lands of Damascus are glad tidings for the emir;

The lands of Damascus are glad tidings for the emir;

so stand amid its pleasant haunts, singing to its harp.

So pause at the haunts of its harp, singing.

بقاع إذا قوس الرباب بسهمه

بقاع إذا قوس الرباب بسهمه

رماها غدت بالوشي بردا مسهما

رماها غدت بالوشي بردا مسهما

Lands that, when the raincloud’s bow, with its arrow,

Lands that, when the bow of the clouds with its arrow

shot them, became, through embroidery, an arrow-patterned mantle.

Strikes them, become an embroidered, arrow-patterned mantle.