1. أنتِ فَوقَ الرِّضا ، وَفَوقَ السُّؤال ِ

    عَثرَة َالعُمرِ، أكبِري أن تُقالي !

    You are above approval, and above questioning.

    Stumble of a lifetime, be too great to be pardoned!

  2. هكذا نَحنُ .. نَغتَلي كِبرياءا ً

    قَد عََثَرنا ، فَسَجِّلي يا لَيالي !

    Thus we are: we seethe with pride.

    We have stumbled—record it, O nights!

  3. لَم تَسَلْنا مَواقِفُ العِزِّ يَوما ً

    أنُبالي بالمَوتِ ، أم لا نُبالي

    The occasions of honor never once asked us

    whether we cared about death or did not.

  4. نَحنُ قََومٌ إذا سَرَينا حَمَلنا

    مَوتَنا قَبْلَ زادِنا في الرِّحال ِ!

    We are a people who, when we journey by night, carry

    our death before our provisions in the saddlebags!

  5. وَعَلا الصَّوتُ..كانَ صَوتَ أذان ٍ

    يَشعَبُ الرُّوحَ مثلَ صَوتِ بِلال ِ

    And the voice rose—it was the sound of a call to prayer,

    cleaving the soul like the voice of Bilal.

  6. فانتَفَضْنا.. كانَ العراقُ يُنادي

    هائِلَ الجُرح ِ، مُستَفَزَّ الجَلال ِ

    So we sprang up—Iraq was calling,

    its wound immense, its majesty provoked.

  7. لم نَنَمْ في الجُحورِمثلَ السَّحالي

    بَلْ مَشَيْنا على رؤوس ِالجِبال ِ!

    We did not sleep in burrows like lizards,

    but walked upon the mountaintops!

  8. وَهوَ يَعلو.. يا جَولَة َالحَقِّ نَذرٌ

    لِمآقي أطفالِنا أنْ تُجالي !

    And it rose—O battle for truth, a vow

    for the corners of our children's eyes to be cleared!

  9. وَعَثَرْنا.. لِفَرْطِ نَخوَةِ حادينا

    وَغَدْ ر ِ الأعمام ِ والأخوال ِ

    And we stumbled—from our camel-driver's excessive chivalry

    and the treachery of paternal and maternal uncles.

  10. قَد عَثَرنا .. فَسَجِّلي يا لَيالي

    قَد عَثَرنا في الغَدرِلا في القتال ِ!ِ

    We have stumbled—record it, O nights.

    We stumbled into treachery, not in battle!

  11. ثُمَّ ها نَحنُ ، والعراقُ يُعاصي

    وَدِماءُ المُقاوِمينَ تُلا لي

    Then here we are, while Iraq defies,

    and the blood of resistance fighters gleams.

  12. فَلْيَقُلْ خائِنُوكَ صَحوَة ُمَوتٍ

    و َلْيُجَنُّوا مِن كَثرَة ِالتَّسآل ِ!

    So let your traitors say, 'An awakening of death,'

    and let them go mad from so much questioning!

  13. حَولَ أعناقِنا ، وَيَنبِضُ كِبْرا ً

    لَمْ يَطِحْ في التُّرابِ زَهْوُ العِقال ِ

    Around our necks, pulsing with pride,

    the agal's splendor has not fallen into the dust.

  14. قُلْ لِمَن يَلبَسونَهُ وَهوَ يَبكي

    ثَكِلَتْكُم نِساؤكُم مِن رِجال ِ!

    Tell those who wear it while it weeps:

    May your women be bereaved of you—men that you are!

  15. عَثْرَة َالعُمر.. أكبِري أنْ تُقالي

    أنتِ فَوقَ الرِّضا ، وَفَوقَ السُّؤال ِ

    Stumble of a lifetime, be too great to be pardoned!

    You are above approval, and above questioning.

  16. قَد عَثَرنا.. أجَلْ.. ولكنْ بِماذا

    يا أدِ لاّ ءَ جَحْفَل ِ الإحتلا ل ِ؟

    We have stumbled—yes—but because of what,

    O guides of the occupation's host?

  17. كانَ يَوما ً أبورُغال ٍ ، فَقُولُوا

    أفْقَسَتْ بَيْضَتاهُ عن كَم رُغال ِ؟!

    Once there was Abu Righal—so say:

    How many Righals have hatched from his two eggs?!

  18. بِكُمُو أنتُمُو عَثَرنا ، وَلكنْ

    سَوفَ يَبقى رأسُ الفُراتَين ِعالي

    Because of you—you yourselves—we stumbled, but

    the head of the Two Rivers will remain high,

  19. بِدِماءِ الأشاوِس ِ الأبطال ِ

    بالضَّحايا .. بِأدمُع ِ الأطفال ِ

    by the blood of the valiant heroes,

    by the victims, by the tears of children,

  20. بِبَقايا " اللهُ أكبَرُ " في الرَّاياتِ

    بالأنْجُم ِ الثَّلاثِ الغَوالي

    by the remnants of 'God is greatest' on the banners,

    by the three precious stars.

  21. عائِداتٌ إلَيكِ يا رايَة َالرَّحمن ِ

    تِلكَ النُّجومُ في كلِّ حال ِ

    Returning to you, O banner of the All-Merciful,

    are those stars, whatever may come.

  22. سَيَظَلُّ العراقُ يَنزِفُ حَتى

    يُؤذِنَ اللَّيلُ كُلُّهُ بالزَّوا ل ِ

    Iraq will keep bleeding until

    the whole night announces its passing.

  23. وَيْلَ آبائِكُم ، وَوَيْلَ بَنيكُم

    مِن حِسابِ الآتي مِن الأجيال ِ!

    Woe to your fathers, and woe to your sons,

    from the reckoning of the generations yet to come!