1. He lived a good life in a homeland studied by Erbil
The events of time have sighed over it

2. Its squares have been populated and its company has been lonely
And its pastures are devoid of tranquility

3. The diaspora was concerned with its people, so they dispersed
The hands of youth in other than the house of residence

4. If a tribe has been touched by the hands of affliction
May the covenants spare the studied flags

5. So I have spent with it my mornings of youth
With young men, proud and of high lineage