1. يا رسولَ النضالِ طبْتَ مُقاما

    خالدٌ  أنتَ  صِنُو اِسمِكَ ما سا

    O messenger of struggle, blessed are you in your abode,

    Immortal are you, Khalid, true to your name, so long as you keep

  2. حِقَبٌ  سُلِّطَتْ وأنتَ عنيدٌ

    تنجلي  عنكَ  غَمْرةٌ فتَوالى

    Ages were unleashed against you, yet you remained defiant,

    An ordeal lifts from you; then comes

  3. تتحدّى ظُلْمَ الطواغيتِ  لا تَر

    تطلُبُ المَوْتَ للخُلودِ اختِياراً

    You defy the tyrants' oppression; you do not

    You seek death for immortality, by choice,

  4. يا رسولَ النضالِ طِبتَ مُقاما

    وتَصفَّحْ هذي الوجوهَ تَجِدْها

    O messenger of struggle, blessed are you in your abode,

    And study these faces: you will find them

  5. باقةٌ  من  غِياض  بغداد لمَّتْ

    كنْ رسولاً من  العراقِ  إلى الشا

    A bouquet from Baghdad's groves has gathered

    Be a messenger from Iraq to al-Sham,

  6. وأشِعْ في رُبوعِ جِلَّق من بَغ

    هوَ صَوتٌ للعُمر و العَصْر و التا

    And spread through Jilliq's quarters, from Baghdad,

    It is a voice for life, the age, and history,

  7. يأنَفُ المجدُ أن تَظَلَّ زروعُ ال

    زيَّفوا  دارةً وحِلْفَ رَضاع

    Glory scorns to leave the crops of

    They counterfeited a home and a bond of suckling

  8. والليالي تَقُصُّ منهم جَناحاً

    يا  رسولَ النضالِ ألفُ سَلام

    And the nights clip a wing from them,

    O messenger of struggle, a thousand greetings

  9. مثلَما طبت عَزْمةً و اقتِدارا

    مرت  ليلاً  و ما  أضأْتَ  نَهارا

    as you are blessed in resolve and prowess.

    company by night, and so long as you light up the day.

  10. تقهَرُ الموجَ  مَدَّةً و انحِسارا

    غمرةٌ بعدَها تجُرَّ غِمارا

    subduing the waves in their surge and ebb.

    another ordeal, dragging more ordeals behind it.

  11. هَب ما يرغبُ  الشُجاع  ضرارا

    إذ  جبانٌ  يَهوَى  المماتَ اضطِرارا

    fear; a brave man desires no harm.

    whereas a coward longs for death under compulsion.

  12. وتقبَّلْ من دارِ  أهليكَ دارا

    بك  تشتدُّ فرحةً و ازدِهارا

    And accept a home from the land of your kin.

    growing more joyful and radiant through you.

  13. خَيرَ  ما لمَّتِ  الوُرودَ   نِثارا

    مِ  خَديناً يُزجى  الخَدينَ  الحِوارا

    scattered roses in the finest of gatherings.

    a friend offering conversation to a friend.

  14. داد صَوتاً يهدي  الجُموعَ الحَيارَى

    ريخ   يُملي وقائعاً  لا  تُمارى

    a voice that guides the bewildered crowds.

    dictating events beyond dispute.

  15. مَجْدِ نَهْباً رهنَ الرياحِ  اعتِصارا

    وفِطامٍ  مُستوحشاتٍ نِفارا

    glory as plunder, at the winds' mercy, wrung dry.

    and weaning—skittish creatures fleeing.

  16. والرزايا تَغتالُ  منهم مَطارا

    لك و القادةِ الهُداةِ الغَيارى

    and calamities steal away their power of flight.

    to you and the devoted leaders who guide.