1. يا حبذا حمص التي

    ضاءت باعظم نير

    Oh, how lovely is Homs, which

    shone with the greatest luminary!

  2. قد اشرق البدر بها

    وبشمس فضل الكزبري

    The full moon has shone within it,

    and with the sun of al-Kuzbari’s excellence.