إِنَّ الخَليطَ قَدَ اِزمَعوا تَركي

فَوَقَفتُ في عَرَصاتِهِم أَبكي

They gathered to abandon me

So I stood in their meadows weeping

جِنِّيَّةٌ خَرَجَت لِتَقتُلَنا

مَطلِيَّةُ الأَقرابِ بِالمِسكِ

An evil jinniya emerged to kill us

Drenched in musk, a kin-slayer

قامَت تُحَيِّيني فَقُلتُ لَها

وَيلي عَلَيكِ وَوَيلَتي مِنكِ

She came to greet me, so I said:

Woe unto you, and woe is me because of you!

لَم أَرَ مِثلَكِ لا يَكونُ لَهُ

خَرجُ العِراقِ وَمِنبَرُ المُلكِ

Never have I seen the like of you, who comes from

Iraq’s bounty and kingdom’s pulpit

تَرمي لِتَقتُلَنا بِأَسهُمِها

وَنُزِنُّها بِالحِلمِ وَالنُسكِ

She shoots to kill us with her arrows

While we weigh her with patience and devotion

يا حَبَّذا أُمُّ البَنينَ عَلى

ما كانَ مِن بَذلٍ وَمِن تَركِ

O excellent mother of sons, for

All her generosity and abandonment

إِن تُسلِمي نُسلِم وَإِن تَدَعي ال

إِسلامَ لا نَخذُلكِ في الشِركِ

If you submit we’ll submit, but if you call

To a faith other than Islam, we won’t forsake ours for yours