محمد سعيد الحبوبي

أيّها الساقي

O cupbearer and the wine of union

حادي الضعون

A displaced person singing Iraq's woes

سائق العيس

Does the driver give respite to the riders

ياغزال الكرخ

The breeze shook the branches of Al-Safa

تبسم كالبرق

He smiled like lightning when he came into view

في صباه

Have garlands of passion enwreathed

يامعير الغصن

O reproacher of the bending branch, reproacher of the sand dune's illness,

لُح كوكباً

ناعس الأجفان