1. أبكي ومثلي بالبكاء حقيق

    آمال شعب مالها تحقيق

    I weep, and one like me has cause to weep:

    A people's hopes find no fulfillment.

  2. ولقد يذكرني بعز آفل

    برق لهخلل السحاب خفوق

    And I am indeed reminded of vanished glory

    By a lightning flash flickering amid the clouds.

  3. وكأن اشباح الجدود كتائب

    للطير فوق رؤوسها تحليق

    And the forefathers' shades seem like battalions,

    With birds circling above their heads.

  4. لم يحسب النفر الألى قد ضيقوا

    ماذا يجر وراءه التضييق

    Those men who had imposed restrictions did not reckon

    What repression drags in its wake.

  5. لم ينتزع من هؤلاء غرورهم

    نسب لهم في الهالكين عريق

    These men were not stripped of their conceit

    By their deep-rooted ancestry among the dead.

  6. ضيم العراق فهل قضت ابناؤه

    ام هل لابناء العراق عقوق

    Iraq has been wronged—have its sons perished,

    Or are Iraq's sons disloyal?

  7. مني العراق بثملة رجيعة

    جو العراق بشدهم مخنوق

    Iraq has been afflicted with a vile rabble;

    Iraq's air is choked by their grip.

  8. ما بال دنيا المسلمين تأخرت

    أهناك شيء في الخفاء يعوق

    Why has the Muslim world fallen behind?

    Is there something hidden that holds it back?

  9. وقد ابتلاني اللَه جل جلاله

    بغراب سوء ذم منه نعيق

    And God—exalted be His majesty—has afflicted me

    With an ill-omened crow whose cawing is reviled,

  10. وبضفدع لولا اطراد نقيقه

    ما كنت اعلم انه مخلوق

    And with a frog: were it not for its incessant croaking,

    I would never have known that it existed.

  11. ولعل من ضل السبيل سيهتدي

    يوما ومن قد نام سوف يفيق

    And perhaps those who lost the way will find guidance

    One day, and those who have slept will awaken.

  12. ولعل ايام السلام قريبة

    ولعل ايام السلام تروق

    And perhaps the days of peace are near,

    And perhaps the days of peace will bring delight.

  13. اني لاوطاني وان لم تحترم

    ادبي الذي ابثثته لصديق

    I am devoted to my homelands, even if they do not honor

    My writing, which I have shared with a friend.

  14. بيني وبين مواطن احببتها

    عهد كما شاء الولاء وثيق

    Between me and the lands I have loved

    Is a firm covenant, as loyalty has willed.

  15. ايام اني قد ثملت بحبها

    ما كان لا كأس ولا ابريق

    In the days when I grew drunk with love for them,

    There was neither cup nor pitcher.

  16. حب الديار ومن بها لي مسكر

    وكأنما حب الديار رحيق

    Love of the native lands and those within them is my intoxicant,

    And love of the native lands is like pure wine.