كفى اللّه أهل الموصل الشر إذ أتى

عدو لهم من جانب الشرق ناهض

God spared the people of Mosul from harm when

An enemy came at them from the east, marching forth.

أجل ملوك العجم نادر اسمه

ظلوم غشوم للمواثيق ناقض

The ruler of the non-Arabs, Nader his name,

Oppressive and treacherous, violating pacts.

سبى نسوة السكان في البيد والقرى

بظلم وكل بالمهالك خائض

He captured the women of the settled folk in ruins and villages

With injustice, while all were embroiled in destruction.

وساق اناعيم الرساتيق كلها

فما في الضياع اليوم بكر وفارض

And he drove off all the herds of livestock,

So today there is neither sheep nor goat left in the meadows.

فحاصرنا ستين يوما مهيجا

حروباً وفي الجمعات ماتت فرائض

So he besieged us for sixty grueling days

With battles in which communal duties perished.

فحاربه الدستور وإلى ديارنا

حسين بعون اللّه وهو يناهض

So Al-Dustur fought him, and to our lands

Came Hussein with God's help, confronting him head-on.

فألقي رعب في قلوب جنوده

فبانوا وكل نحو مثواه راكض

He struck terror into the hearts of his soldiers,

And they fled, each back to his own abode running.

فلما أزال اللّه عنا شعوبهم

بتوفيقه أرخت زال الروافض

So when God removed their hordes from us

Through His grace, the fortunes of the apostates declined.