بغدادBaghdad أمستhas become وقدand already أزرىbrought low بهاher النوبcalamities
بغداد أمست وقد أزرى بها النوب
تبكيshe weeps علىfor عزهاher glory الماضيpast وتنتحبُand she sobs
تبكي على عزها الماضي وتنتحبُ
Baghdad now lies, laid low by calamities;
Baghdad, now brought low by calamities,
She weeps for her bygone glory and sobs—
Weeps for her past glory and sobs;
أيامَthe days كانتshe used to تَهادىsway gracefully فيin شبيبتهاher youth
أيامَ كانت تَهادى في شبيبتها
كأنهاas though she were البانthe ban tree (moringa) مافيthere is no ... on ظهرهاher back حدبhump
كأنها البان مافي ظهرها حدب
In days when, in her youth, she moved with graceful sway,
For the days when she swayed gracefully in her youth,
As though she were a bān tree, with no stoop in her back.
As though she were a ban tree, with no hump upon her back.
كيفhow القرارrepose علىamid الأرزاءthe calamities فيin بلديmy homeland
كيف القرار على الأرزاء في بلدي
إنindeed السفينةthe ship فيin الأمواجthe waves تضطربis tossed about
إن السفينة في الأمواج تضطرب
How can there be repose amid the calamities in my country?
How can there be repose amid the calamities in my homeland?
Indeed, the ship is tossing among the waves.
Indeed, the ship is tossed about in the waves.
Sol 6.1