1. People strive so they may reach you even if
They crossed your seas or drowned in its tumult

2. Yet in war, you are no easy prey but
A formidable encounter at the time of clash

3. All the virtues that the honored seek
If they praise you one day, they have spoken true

4. You ruled Iraq, so people's state was mended
And you ruled them when times were dire and bleak

5. No foreigner and no parvenu in repute
But the glory of Shahabs since first conceived