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I saw the banner, banner of punishment,

رأيت اللواء لواء العقاب

1. I saw the banner, banner of punishment,
Thrust down by the slender green warrior,

١. رَأَيْتُ اللِّواءَ لِوَاءَ العُقَابِ
يُقَحِّمُهُ الشَّانِيءُ الأخْزَرُ

2. Like a lion bursting out from its den
And his maimed cavalry attacked.

٢. كَلَيْثِ العَرِينِ خِلالَ العَجَاجِ
وأقْبَلَ فِي خَيْلِهِ الأبْتَرُ

3. We called on it the Ram, the Ram of Iraq,
And the army intermingled with the army.

٣. دَعَوْنَا لَهَا الكبْشَ كَبْشَ العِرَاقِ
وَقَدْ خَالَطَ الْعَسْكَرَ العَسْكَرُ

4. So it repelled the banner on its heels,
And the Stallion won its prize.

٤. فَرَدَّ اللَّواءَ عَلى عَقْبِه
وفَازَ بِحَظْوَتِهَا الأشْتَرُ

5. As if he would do the like in its situation,
When an ignoble slanderer assumes authority.

٥. كَمَا كَأنَ يَفْعَلُ فِي مِثلِهَا
إذا نَابَ مُعْصَوَصِبٌ مُنْكَرُ

6. If God shields him from harming himself,
The lot of Iraq with it will be greater.

٦. فإنْ يَدْفَعِ اللهُ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ
فَحَظُّ الْعِراق بها الأوْفَرُ

7. When the Stallion, the excellent one, evacs Iraq,
Custom and villainy will be gone.

٧. إذَا الأشْتَرُ الخَيْرُ خَلَّى العِرَاق
فَقَدْ ذَهَبَ الْعُرفُ والمُنكَرُ

8. And that is Iraq, and you know who
Like a bubble, custom and villainy are gone.

٨. وَتِلْكَ العِرَاقُ وَمَنْ قَدْ عَرَفْتَ
كَفَقْعٍ ذَهَبَ الْعُرفُ والمُنكَرُ

9. And that is Iraq, and you know who
Like a bubble burst forth by hail.

٩. وَتِلْكَ العِرَاقُ وَمَنْ قَدْ عَرَفْتَ
كَفَقْعٍَ تَنَبَّتَهُ الْقَرْقَرُ