بنى كبة قد اصلح اللَه فيكم

بنى كبة قد اصلح اللَه فيكم

مفاسد اقوام تعم شرورها

مفاسد اقوام تعم شرورها

O sons of Kubba, God has indeed, through you, set right

O Banu Kibah, Allah has reformed you,

the corrupt practices of peoples whose evils spread far and wide.

The evils of people envelop them,

حللتم ببغداد فأورق عودها

حللتم ببغداد فأورق عودها

وطابت بكم اعوامها وشهورها

وطابت بكم اعوامها وشهورها

You settled in Baghdad, and its bough burst into leaf,

You entered Baghdad, so its trees blossomed,

and through you its years and months grew fair.

And its years and months became good through you,

حميتم اهاليها وصنتم ديارها

حميتم اهاليها وصنتم ديارها

فديارها ينثي عليكم ودورها

فديارها ينثي عليكم ودورها

You protected its people and safeguarded its dwellings,

You protected its people and guarded its homes,

so its dwellings and houses praise you.

So its homes lament for you and its houses,

أكفكم أندى من الغيث راحة

أكفكم أندى من الغيث راحة

تصوب فتستجدي نداها بحورها

تصوب فتستجدي نداها بحورها

Your palms are more generous in giving than the rain;

Your palms are more dewy than rain, a comfort,

they pour down, and the seas beg for their bounty.

That pours so its rivers beseech its downpour,

دياركم الدنيا وانتم بها الورى

دياركم الدنيا وانتم بها الورى

وأخلاقكم في جبهة الدهر نورها

وأخلاقكم في جبهة الدهر نورها

The world is your home, and you are all mankind within it;

Your homes are the world while you are its people,

and your virtues are its light upon the brow of time.

And your morals on the brow of time are its light,

أأعدم رشدي في طلابي للعلى

أأعدم رشدي في طلابي للعلى

وانتم بابراج المعالي بدورها

وانتم بابراج المعالي بدورها

Shall I be without guidance in my quest for glory,

Shall I lose my wisdom in seeking the heights?

when you are its full moons in the towers of eminence?

While you are the towers of glory and its homes.