1. حبذا تمثال أمامي تعالى

    يملأ العين روعة وجلالا

    How splendid the statue towering before me,

    filling the eye with awe and majesty.

  2. قد حكى فيصل المعظم الا

    نطقه آمراً به والمقالا

    It has portrayed Faisal the revered, save

    his commanding voice and his spoken words.

  3. صورة النحات الملامح منه

    فقرأنا وراءهن الخلالا

    The sculptor portrayed his features,

    so behind them we read his character.

  4. هو مقناطيس القلوب اليه

    انجذبت اسرابا تريد اتصالا

    It is a magnet for hearts; toward it

    they were drawn in flocks, longing for union.

  5. خالداً فوق مرقب من رخام

    يعرض الدهر تحته الاجيالا

    It stands immortal atop a marble lookout,

    while Time parades the generations beneath it.

  6. ملك الرافدين قد عقد النا

    س عليه في نفسها الآمالا

    The king of the Two Rivers—the people have pinned

    their hopes upon him within their souls.

  7. شاء فيه النبوغ ان يتعالى

    فتعالى وان يطول فطالا

    The genius in him willed that he rise,

    so he rose; and that he grow tall, so he grew tall.

  8. ذب عن حق الشعب ذب قدير

    يوم لا تنصر اليمين الشمالا

    He defended the people's right with a mighty defense,

    on a day when the right hand did not aid the left.

  9. ما ترى اليوم غير طرف قرير

    وفؤاد افراحه تتوالى

    Today you see only a contented eye,

    and a heart whose joys follow one another.

  10. اظهر الشعب ماله من ولاء

    بهتاف من قلبه يتعالى

    The people showed the loyalty they bore,

    with a cry rising from their heart.

  11. كان في ظل عرشه يتمنى

    ان يكون انتدابه استقلالا

    In the shade of his throne, they had wished

    that their mandate might turn into independence.

  12. ولقد صح ما تمناه قبلا

    بعد ان كان في الرؤوس خيالا

    And what they had wished for before indeed came true,

    after it had been a vision in their heads.

  13. ليس بدعاً من امة قد رعاها

    فيصل ان يكسر الاغلالا

    It is nothing strange for a nation nurtured

    by Faisal to break its fetters.

  14. ان من عبّ الرافدان بارض

    شب فيها لا يشرب الاوشالا

    Indeed, one in whose land the Two Rivers surged,

    who grew up there, does not drink mere trickles.

  15. يا ابا الشعب ان للشعب بعد الله

    في امره عليك اتكالا

    O father of the people, the people, after God,

    rely upon you in their affairs.

  16. انما انت للعراق طبيب

    بك يرجو من دائه ابلالا

    Indeed, you are a physician to Iraq;

    through you it hopes to recover from its illness.

  17. عش لشعب يحب فيك السجايا

    فائقات فيمحض الاجلالا

    Live for a people who love in you those virtues

    so outstanding, and offer you undivided reverence.

  18. عش له في كلاءة الله تنفى

    عنه شراً من طامع وصيالا

    Live for them in God's protection, warding off

    from them a covetous man's evil and onslaught.

  19. ايها الملك انت في ذمة السيف

    صقيلا فلا لقيت زوالا

    O king, you are under the protection of the sword,

    polished bright—may you never meet downfall.

  20. واذا ما ارض سقت تربها

    حرية فهي تنبت الابطالا

    And whenever a land has its soil watered

    by freedom, it brings forth heroes.

  21. نحن قوم سرنا الى المجد نعدو

    في الدياجي ولا نخاف ضلالا

    We are a people who journeyed toward glory, running

    through the dark nights, unafraid of losing our way.

  22. والى السلم قد نزعنا وان كا

    ن على الارض السلم شيئاً محالا

    And toward peace we have inclined, even if

    peace on earth were an impossibility.

  23. واذا فكر المفكر لا يلقى

    حياة الشعوب الا نضالا

    And when a thinker reflects, he finds

    the life of peoples to be nothing but struggle.