1. I greeted Iraq's beauty
A country that contained perfection

2. A country I yearn for its inhabitants
As if they were my companions and family

3. Though I've not visited Iraq
Nor traveled to it

4. The books at night
Took me to it

5. A country that hosted civilization
Away from misguidance

6. Its crown organized knowledge
Like unmatched pearls

7. It delivered to the new generation
The message of past nations

8. If the two ends of culture connect
It is the link between them

9. Where is Rusafa, like paradise
With its widespread shade?

10. When the sun of the Tigris sets
And every sun sets

11. Baghdad rules the world
As kings rule over kingdoms

12. And its people live in prosperity
With justice under the crescent

13. How is Iraq and its people?
Is Iraq in good condition?

14. Did its later generations
Follow the example of the early ones?

15. Speak, your words may cure
The disease of the terminally ill

16. If I hear you, I hear
The glorification from Bilal's lips

17. I'm confident in Arabism
As I'm confident in the One God

18. Let time waver and days
Insist on procrastination

19. Great things may indicate
Like the indication of shy girls

20. Let them indicate as they wish
For they will allow the reunion

21. Victory for Arabism will come
In the end

22. I greeted Iraq in poetry
And Iraq deserves the credit

23. I'm indebted to the bank of the Tigris
For the masterpieces of my imagination

24. If it flows in the meadows of Baghdad
With sweetness like drinkable silver

25. It flowed so much in Egypt
And the East with legal magic