بَغدادُBaghdad بعداًbe gone! لاmay not سَقىwater
بَغدادُ بعداً لا سَقى
ساحاتُهاher courtyards صَوبُrainfall السِحابthe clouds
ساحاتُها صَوبُ السِحاب
Baghdad—away with it! May no
Baghdad, be gone! May there be no watering
Baghdad is now afar, not to be watered,
downpour from the clouds water its courtyards.
of her courtyards by the clouds’ rain.
Its squares facing the clouds,
عمرmay He fill الإِلهُGod ديارِهاher dwellings
عمر الإِلهُ ديارِها
بِالعاوياتِwith the howling ones مِنof الكِلابthe dogs
بِالعاوياتِ مِن الكِلاب
May God people its dwellings
May God fill her dwellings
May God perpetuate its dwellings
with howling dogs.
with howling dogs.
From the howling of the dogs.
Sol 6.1