أَتَقعُدُ في تَكريتَ لا في عَشيرَةٍ

شُهودٍ وَلا السُلطانُ مِنكَ قَريبُ

Do you sit still in Tikrit, not in the tribe

Of witnesses, nor is the Sultan near you?

وَقَد جَعَلَت أَبناؤُنا تَرتَمي بِها

بِقَتلِ نِزارٍ وَالحُروبُ حُروبُ

And our sons have made it a target

With the killing of Nizār—and wars are wars.

وَأَنتَ اِمرُؤٌ لِلحَزمِ عِندَكَ مَنزِلٌ

وَلِلدينِ وَالإِسلامِ مِنكَ نَصيبُ

You are a man who has a dwelling for wisdom

And for religion and Islam you have a duty.

فَدَع مَنزِلاً أَصبَحتَ فيهِ فَإِنَّهُ

بِهِ جِيَفٌ أَودَت بِهِنَّ حُروبُ

So leave a house you’ve dwelled in, for it

Is rotting carrion—wars have claimed it.