نذركَ بِالغوطتَيْنِ قَد ضَمِنَت

نذركَ بِالغوطتَيْنِ قَد ضَمِنَت

ربْوَتُهَا رَبْعَهُ ومَقْراها

ربْوَتُهَا رَبْعَهُ ومَقْراها

Your vow in the two Ghoutas—already guaranteed are

You swore by the two curls that guaranteed

Its abode and her hospitality, by her hill.

Their growth a quarter and their abode

أَطْلِعْ لَها الشَّمسَ مِن جَبينِكِ لَم

أَطْلِعْ لَها الشَّمسَ مِن جَبينِكِ لَم

تَرجُ سِواها في النّومِ جَفْناها

تَرجُ سِواها في النّومِ جَفْناها

Make the sun rise for her from your brow; not

Let the sun shine on her from your forehead, for she

For any other did her eyelids hope in sleep.

Desires none but it to open her eyelids in sleep

فَالخَيلُ صور إِلى تَساهُمِ سَهمَي

فَالخَيلُ صور إِلى تَساهُمِ سَهمَي

ها وملهى في بيتِ لِهْيَاهَا

ها وملهى في بيتِ لِهْيَاهَا

For the horses incline toward the drawing of lots with the two arrows

So the horses are images rushing to their battle

Of hers, and a place of diversion in her Bayt Lihya.

And a plaything in the abode of her amusement

دَولَةُ مَن دانَتِ البَلَدُ لَهُ

دَولَةُ مَن دانَتِ البَلَدُ لَهُ

وَعَمّها ظِلُّهُ فَأَغناها

وَعَمّها ظِلُّهُ فَأَغناها

The reign of him to whom the land submitted,

The rule of one to whom the country is submissive

And his shade encompassed her, bringing her prosperity.

And whose shade enveloped and enriched it

لا بِسِواها تَليقُ بَهجَتُها

لا بِسِواها تَليقُ بَهجَتُها

وَلا سِواهُ تَبغي رَعاياها

وَلا سِواهُ تَبغي رَعاياها

Her splendor befits no other,

By none other does its splendor befit

And her subjects seek none but him.

Nor does it seek any but his protection