1. He who mourns for Baghdad has established over her a lamentation
So let him weep for her, for the ruin of fate's vicissitudes.

2. She was in a blazing war and conflagration
And fire extinguishes the beauty in her environs.

3. A goodly return is hoped for her in fate
But now despair has concealed from her any who would wish it.

4. Like an old woman whose youth has deserted her
And perfection has vanished that once graced her.

5. A clear, blossoming harm has adhered to her
That was more beautiful than it, in the eyes of the beholder.