Damascus - Sham (Poem in English)

by Ermal BEGA
Tirana-Albania

Damascus! Sham!
How wonderful you are!,
With your beauty,
your illumination,
your streets,
your magnificent mosques,
your great personalities,
your history,
your people,
your girls...
I miss you so much
Ya Sham.
I miss smelling your fragrance,
Yours Ya Sham,
I miss your people,
wonderful Sham,
I miss your ‘Ilm (knowledge),
Ya ‘Sham ash-Shareef’,
I miss your girls,
I miss my petal, Ya Sham...

It’s been so long since I smelt your aroma,
It’s been so long since I enjoyed your gardens,
It’s been so long since I touched your petals,
It’s been so long since I touched you,
It’s been so long since I looked at you,
It’s been so long since I felt you...
Ya Sham, I love you so much,
With everything within you...
I will return again,
Wait for me, soon, InshaAllah,
To have your nectar again,
And I wish, I please,
To die there,
Beside you,
Beside the one I loved and I do love again...
I love you,
Ya Sham...