زنوبيا [Zanoubia] [English translation]

Zanoubia is not Palmyra

Zanoubia is home

With all the land and all the people

The old and the young

Zanoubia is the fields, the rivers and the desert

A shepherd in Deir el Zor, and his beloved girl

Zanoubia is a smile, the sea of Tyre glimpsed it

The smile of a child staying up late on the shore in Jaffa

Zanoubia is mountains, ceders and oak trees

On the banks of Jordan river, it is roses, thyme and basil

Zanoubia is the sail on a boat in Tigris

Sailors' eternal trip From Mosul to Basra

Zanoubia is a bride

I painted her in white

Zanoubia is us, you, me and him

Zanoubia wrote her vows

Baghdad will celebrate all night

Her bridal dress is embroidered in Aleppo

And the wedding in Damascus

• Artist:Faia Younan