1. By your life! The Iraqi pride is not dead,
Though between graves, it has a grave.
١. لَعَمْرُكَ مَا الفَخْرُ العِرَاقيُّ مَيِّتٌ
وَإِنْ كَانَ مَا بَيْنَ القُبُورِ لَهُ قَبْرُ
2. But the other has come, adorned,
Boasted to the world, and it had the pride.
٢. وَلِكنَّها الأُخْرى أَتَتْ وَتَزَيَّنَتْ
وَفَاخَرَتِ الدُّنْيا وكان لَها الفَخُرُ