1. قد حُلَّ فيك من العراق وثاقُ

    ولديك منه الأسر والاطلاق

    Through you, a fetter upon Iraq has indeed been loosed;

    and in your hands lie its captivity and release.

  2. ما الصدر يا قمر النديّ معشقٌ

    بك وحده بل كلنا عشَّاقُ

    Al-Sadr, O moon of the gathering, is not alone in loving

    you; rather, we are all lovers.

  3. ضربت بك الامثال في الدنيا وقد

    ضربت بحدِّ حسامك الاعناق

    Proverbs have been coined about you throughout the world, and

    necks have been struck by the edge of your sword.

  4. لا تسرينَّ اليهم بسريّة

    يكفيهم الارعاد والابراق

    Do not march against them by night with a detachment;

    thunder and lightning are enough for them.

  5. ما لاح شخصك في الوغى الَّا وقد

    شخصت لك الابصار والاحداق

    Your figure never appeared in battle without

    eyes and pupils staring transfixed at you.

  6. شوسٌ اليك عيونها لكنما

    بقلوبها الاطراق والاخفاق

    Their eyes glare fiercely toward you, yet

    in their hearts are abasement and trembling.

  7. ولقد حللت عرى الطلى في معرك

    قد شُدَّ فيه من الحروب نطاق

    You indeed untied the bonds of necks in a battle

    where war's girdle had been drawn tight.

  8. فاقمت ساق الحرب بعد عثارها

    لولاك ما ثبتت لحربٍ ساق

    So you set war's leg upright after it stumbled;

    but for you, no leg of war would have stood firm.

  9. وسعت بالرمح الاصمّ مسالكا

    من حيث ضاقت في المجال خناق

    You widened pathways with the solid spear,

    where the noose had tightened in the field.

  10. فرددتها كلمى الصفاح دوامياً

    مذ حجَّل الخيل الدّم المهراق

    So you drove them back, wounded in the flanks and bleeding,

    since spilled blood had clad the horses' legs in stockings.

  11. عنقت على عنق الطريق جوافلا

    ينجو بها التوخيد والاعناق

    They sped along the road's length, fleeing in alarm;

    swift pacing and long strides bear them to safety.

  12. زوّجت ابكار النفوس حمامها

    ولهنَّ من ورقِ السيوف صداق

    You wedded virgin souls to their doom,

    and their bridal gift was the silver of swords.

  13. كم من مناقب حزت في ورق الظبى

    لم تحصها الأقلام والأوراقُ

    How many noble deeds you won upon the leaves of blades,

    that pens and pages have not counted!

  14. لو كانت الآفاق تسعى لامرئٍ

    لسعت لك الاقطار والآفاقُ

    If horizons could hasten toward a man,

    the regions and horizons would hasten toward you.

  15. الناس اصداف وفيها لؤلؤ

    ولأنت ذاك اللؤلؤ البرَّاقُ

    People are shells, and within them lies a pearl;

    and you indeed are that gleaming pearl.

  16. نزلوا بمنزول الفناء مرحب

    بغنائه يترحَّل الاملاقُ

    They alighted with a welcoming host whose courtyard is thronged;

    through his bounty, poverty takes its leave.

  17. يجري على خلق تضوّع طيبه

    فتضوَّعت من طيبه الاخلاقُ

    He acts from a nature whose fragrance spreads,

    and its fragrance has made all virtues fragrant.

  18. عبقٍ تحركه الصبا بهبوبها

    كالعود يظهر طيبه الاحراقُ

    Fragrant, stirred by the east wind as it blows,

    like aloeswood, whose scent is revealed by burning.

  19. ان يسقنا السمّ النقيع فأنما

    سمّ الاحبة في اللهى درياق

    If he gives us deadly poison to drink, then indeed

    the poison of loved ones is an antidote upon our palates.

  20. فكأن بارقة السيوف بعينه

    قُبَلٌ ومشتبك الرماح عناقُ

    Thus, in his eyes, the flashing of swords is like

    kisses, and the interlacing of spears is an embrace.

  21. في موكب فيه القلوب غليظة

    والمرهفات البيض فيه رقاقُ

    In a retinue where the hearts are hard,

    and the keen white blades within it are slender.

  22. شأت الاماكن كلها عتباته

    فلك الفخار على البلاد عراق

    His thresholds have outstripped every place;

    so yours is glory above all lands, O Iraq.

  23. لا فرَّق الدهر المفرّق جمعنا

    ان فرَّق الصحب الرفاق فراقُ

    May sundering Time never scatter our gathering,

    even if parting separates close companions.