1. O son of Nasr, though you are most
Untruthful when swearing an oath

2. Oppression, betrayal, injustice, tyranny
Are your nature, habits and ethos

3. O meanest of men in the eyes
While boasting of greatest éclat

4. We've known you through leadership
Blessed is he who has known

5. You sit planted while disasters
Are shut up in the sanctum

6. Sharing the livelihoods
As gifts are shared

7. Each concubine you count
For her ardent lovers

8. From your Hmayyin guards
Behind the father, head covered

9. You, O violator of trusts, are truly
Abu Khalaf (father of nothingness)

10. Do not trouble to block off
Our Baghdad with dams

11. And discard the many
Ships, fodder and provender

12. Sink your leisure
In the water, now a marsh