1. إنَّ وادي البابِ قدْ أذْكرني

    جنَّةَ المأوى فللهِ العجبْ

    Indeed, the valley of al-Bab has reminded me

    of the Garden of Refuge—what a wonder, by God!

  2. فيه دوحٌ تحجبُ الشمسَ إذا

    مالَ قالَ للصَبا جزْ بأدبْ

    There are spreading trees that veil the sun; when

    they sway, they tell the east wind, “Pass courteously.”

  3. فهْي تغوي عذبَ البانِ أما

    تعذبُ الغيَّ كما تغوي العذبْ

    For she beguiles the tender bān shoots; does she not

    sweeten waywardness as she beguiles the shoots?

  4. طيرُها معرِبةٌ في لحنها

    تطربُ الحيَّ كما تحيي الطربْ

    Its birds are eloquent in their song;

    they enrapture the living as they bring rapture to life.

  5. مرجُهُ مبتسمٌ مما بَكَتْ

    سُحُبٌ في ذيلها الطيبُ انسحبْ

    Its meadow smiles at the tears shed

    by clouds, in whose train fragrance trailed.

  6. فيهِ روضاتٌ أنا صبٌّ بها

    مثلما أصبحَ فيها الماءُ صبْ

    In it are gardens with which I am enamored,

    just as water has been poured out within them.

  7. نهرُهُ إنْ قابلَ الشمسَ ترى

    فضةٌ بيضاءَ في نهر ذهبْ

    When its river faces the sun, you see

    white silver in a river of gold.