1. A questioner asked, "Do you want to go on pilgrimage?"
I said to him, "Yes, when the pleasures of Baghdad are gone."

2. As long as I see the dome of al-Firka from the environs of Kiloa,
And al-Salihiyya and al-Karkh which gathered

3. The elite of Baghdad - they are no elite to me -
How can I go on pilgrimage when I am immersed

4. In the house of a procuress or the house of a wine-seller?
And the debris of Baghdad - how can it release me

5. From the clutches of Tiznabaz?