إلى خازن اللَه في خلقه

سراجِ النهارِ وبدرِ الظلَم

To the Keeper of Allah among His creation

The lamp of daytime and the full moon in darkness

ركبنا غرابيبَ زفافةً

بدجلةَ في موجها الملتظم

We rode the bridal carriages

In the waves of Tigris, steadily undulating

اذا ما قصدنا لقا طولها

ودهم قراقيرها تصطدم

When we intended to meet its length

And the fever of its tremors collided

سكنا الى خير مسكونةٍ

تيممها راغبٌ من أمم

We settled in the best of inhabited places

Aiming for it, a desirer among nations

مباركةٍ شادَ بُنيانها

بخير المواطنِ خيرُ الأمم

Blessed, whose structure was built

With the best of sites, the best of peoples

كأنَّ بها نشرَ كافورةٍ

لبردٍ نداها وطيب النسَم

As if musk was scattered over it

For coolness, its breeze and good scent

كظهر الأديم اذا ما السحا

بُ صابَ على متنها وانسجم

Like leather when rubbed

With oil on its surface and made smooth

مبرأة من وحول الشتاءِ

اذا ما طمى وحلُه وارتكم

Safe from winter, its surroundings

When it was flooded by its coming and heaping

فما ان يزال بها راجلٌ

يمر الهوينى ولا يلتطم

So a traveller still does not stop

Passing secure and unharmed

ويمشي على رسله آمناً

سليمَ الشراكِ نقيَّ القدم

And walks steadily on his feet

Unshod, clean of step

وللنونِ والضبِّ في بطنها

مراتعُ مسكونةٌ والنعم

And for hares and deer within it

Grazing grounds inhabited and blessings

غدوت على الوحش مغترةً

رواتع في نورها المنتظم

I went out to the beasts intoxicated

Meadows in its steady light

ورحتُ عليها وأسرابها

تحومُ بأكنافها تبتسم

And I walked among it and its flocks

Circling its edges, smiling

يضيق الفضاءُ به إن غدا

بطودي أعاريبه والعجم

Space is too narrow for it if it goes

With my tribes and non-Arabs

ترى النصر يقدم راياته

إذا ما خفقن أمامَ العلم

You see victory advancing its banners

When they flutter before the banner

وفي اللَه دوخَ أعداءَهُ

وجرَّد فيهم سيوفَ النقَم

And in Allah he defeated his enemies

And unleashed against them swords of vengeance

وفي اللَه يكظمُ من غيظه

وفي اللَه يصفحُ عمن جرم

And in Allah he swallows his anger

And in Allah he forgives those who sinned

رأى شيمَ الجودِ محمودةً

وما شيمُ الجُودِ إلا قسم

He saw the traits of generosity as praiseworthy

And the traits of generosity are nothing but excellence

فراحَ على نعمٍ واغتدى

كأن ليس يُحسِن إلا نعم

So he set out with blessings and became wealthy

As if none does good except the blessed