1. O son of the wise planner, O Abu Ishaq
Relief for the needy, repeller of disgrace

2. Live for chivalry, excellence and glory
Morals superb and character upright

3. Our thirsty ears get nourished
By the soft sound of your speech

4. When calamities darken their events
Your face dawns with the finest glow

5. When your clouds thunder, you don't care
For the ominous roar and flash

6. The ode is preserved, its right not wasted
For you are among its lovers

7. Its existence and your abundant giving
Are brothers, one transient, one forever

8. I praise you for what you have bestowed on me
And freed from the shackles of time

9. It is an ambition, if the world was measured by it
Its horizons would be too confined

10. You were a stranger, since I knew you
My company returned, Iraq became my Iraq