Finally , I saw it , but it was not free as I would have liked ; it was handcuffed by the manacles of the accursed jailer . It is my Damascus , mine and my ancestors ' land .
وأخيراً رأيتها ، لكنها لم تكن حرّة كما كنت أريد ، كانت الشام مكبلة بقيود السجّان اللعين .