وثق العراق بزاهر استقباله

والشعب متفق علي استقلاله

Iraq has confidence in its radiant future,

And the people are united on its independence.

اضحى يؤمل نيل اشرف غاية

يا رب أوصله مدى آماله

It now hopes to attain the noblest goal;

O Lord, let it reach the utmost of its hopes.

فله إلى التحرير وهو حبيبه

نظر المشوق المستهام الواله

For it looks toward liberation, its beloved,

With the gaze of a yearning, love-stricken, distraught lover.

قالوا له صبراً وقد غلب الهوى

فاجابهم لا صبر دون وصاله

They told it, 'Patience!' though passion had prevailed;

It answered them, 'No patience without union with the beloved.'

ضربوا لأيام التلاقي موعداً

ما آفة الموعود غير مطاله

They set a date for the days of reunion;

A promise's only bane is its postponement.

قد أطلق العاني وفك اساره

فإلام يبقي وهو في أغلاله

The captive has been released, his bondage undone;

How long, then, will it remain, still in its shackles?

وردت شعوب الأرض باستقلالها

عذب الرجاء ورويت بزلاله

The peoples of the earth, through their independence, have reached

Hope's sweet waters and drunk their fill of its pure flow.

أفيحرم الشعب العراقي المنى

والشيء محمول على أمثاله

Shall the Iraqi people, then, be denied their hopes,

When like cases are treated alike?

فازوا بنيل حقوقهم وحقوقه

بضمان أهليه وعزم رجاله

They have attained their rights, and its own rights

Are guaranteed by its people and its men's resolve.

ان يعط واجب حقه فلحقه

أولا فمفزعه إلى أبطاله

If it is granted its rightful due, that is by right;

Otherwise, its refuge lies with its heroes.

يأبى لنا دين النبي مذلة

فامضوا على دين النبي وآله

The Prophet's faith refuses humiliation for us;

So follow the faith of the Prophet and his family.

أن السعادة في الحياة لمفتد

شرف الحياة بنفسه وبماله

Indeed, happiness in life belongs to one who redeems

Life's honor with his own life and wealth.

عيش الذليل هو الممات وموته

بالعز عين حياته وكماله

The life of the humiliated is death, while his death

With honor is his very life and his perfection.

والذ ورد المرء في ظل القنا

يترشف المعسول من عساله

A man's sweetest draught is beneath the shade of spears,

Where he sips honeyed sweetness from his quivering lance.

عصر التمدن عاد اشبه سيرة

بالأعصر الأولى بكل خلاله

The age of civilization, in its ways, has come to resemble

The earliest ages in all its traits.

حب التملك والتغلب غالب

والعدل اشبه بالسراب وآله

The love of possession and domination prevails,

And justice is more like a mirage and its shimmering haze.

يسطو القوي على الضعيف فان شكا

الماً فلا احد يرق لحاله

The strong assail the weak; and if the weak complain

Of pain, no one takes pity on their plight.

ولعل للحلفاء فيه سيرة

محمودة تمحو ذميم فعاله

Perhaps the Allies will follow, in this age, a course

Worthy of praise, erasing its shameful deeds.

نعطي الحقوق وتأخذ الشرف الذي

هو في جبين الدهر نور جماله

We grant the rights, and you gain the honor that

Is the light of time's beauty upon its brow.

يا عنصر العرب الذي فاق الورى

بشريف محتده ومجد فعاله

O Arab stock, which has surpassed humankind

Through its noble lineage and the glory of its deeds,

ليست نجوم الأرض وهي زواهر

الا شهود صفاته وخصاله

The earth's stars, radiant as they are, are nothing

But witnesses to its qualities and virtues.

منك التمدن والحضارة انشئت

والعدل منك وأنت عين مثاله

From you civilization and culture were brought into being;

And justice comes from you; you are its very exemplar.

هذا نشوءك وارتقاؤك بعده

والبدر يكمل بعد سير هلاله

This is your emergence; your ascent comes afterward,

And the full moon reaches fullness after its crescent's journey.