حلبٌ واللهُ يكفي

حلبٌ واللهُ يكفي

شرَّها أرضُ مشقهْ

شرَّها أرضُ مشقهْ

Aleppo—and may God ward off

Aleppo, I swear to God, is enough

her evil—is a land of hardship.

Its evil earth is Damascus' misery

أصبحتْ حيَّةَ سوءٍ

أصبحتْ حيَّةَ سوءٍ

تقتلُ الناسَ ببزقَهْ

تقتلُ الناسَ ببزقَهْ

She has become an evil serpent,

It has become an evil serpent

killing people with a single spit.

That kills people with its lightning