لك البشرُ في فخرٍ وعزٍّ وسؤدُدِ

ومجدٍ على العيّوق سامٍ مُوَطَّدِ

For you humanity boasts honor and might loftily upheld,

And glory towering over high places firmly established.

لك البشرُ هذا طالع السعد قد بدا

يلوح بأفق المجد كالمتوقِّد

For you humanity the auspicious star has risen,

Beaming on the horizon of glory like flaming fire.

لك البشرُ هذا الدهر وافاك طائعاً

وأقبل منقاداً بفخرٍ مجدَّدِ

For you this age has come willingly obedient,

Approaching guided, with renewed glory led.

وجادَ بما قد كنتَ ترجو وقوعه

وأفصح فيما جاد عن كل مقصدِ

It has generously granted what you hoped would happen,

And openly declared its every intention.

ونِلت رضا الخُنكار من حيث لم تزل

تفوق كمالاً سيّداً بعد سيّدِ

You obtained the Sacred Garden’s pleasure, where you

Have always surpassed the finest leader after leader.

فوُلّيتَ كركوكاً ولو كنت والياً

على الشام أو مصر العزيز وثمهدِ

You were made governor of Kirkuk, and even if you had been

Made governor of Damascus or mighty Egypt, cradle of glory,

لكان حقيراً جنب قدرك إذ له

منصّة مجدٍ وُطِّدت فوق فَرقد

It would be paltry compared to your worth, which has

A platform of glory built atop the highest summit.

ولكنّ بشرى إنها لطليعة ال

وزارة إذ حقّاً ستأتيك في غدِ

But know it is the harbinger, not the ministry itself,

Which will truly come to you tomorrow.

وتلبسُ منها حُلَّةَ الفخر صادحاً

وتسكن منها محتداً أي محتد

From it you will wear the garb of pride loudly proclaimed,

And it will establish you, O established one.

لقد أمِنَت كركوك صولة غادرٍ

بكم وغدت منكم بحصنٍ مشيَّدِ

Kirkuk was secured from the onslaught of traitors

By you, and made an impregnable fortress.

وصِينَت عن الأرجاس مذ حلّ عدلكم

كأنّ اعترتها نشوة المتعربد

It was protected from atrocities when your justice arrived,

As if intoxicated by the pride of the Arabian knight.

وتاهَت فخاراً حيث باهَت وقد غدت

كبغداد في أمنٍ بأيّام أحمد

It wandered proudly where it wandered, and has become

Like Baghdad in security, in the days of Ahmad.

فأمست ونور العدل يجلو ظلامها

ويقضي على ظلم الورى بالتبدُّد

It has found safety now that justice dispels its darkness,

And does away with the world’s injustice and oppression.

فغرَّدَ قُمري السرور لدى الهنا

على فَنَن الأفراح أبهى تغرُّدِ

So my two moons of joy sang at the celebration

The most splendid melodies of delight.

وصار على الآفاق يتلو مغرّداً

لفي شهرزورٍ مجد عدل محمّد

Across the horizons they sing glorifying

The glory and justice of Muhammad in noble Shahr Zur.