حَوى قَصبَ السَبقِ أَهلُ العِراقِ

وَعَطَّرَ ذِكرُهُم الأَندِيَه

The people of Iraq have mastered excellence

And their fame has scented the clubs

وَأَيُّ خَطيبٍ يُجاريهِمُ

وَقَد خَطَبَت فيهِمُ الأَجدِيَه

What orator can rival them

When their eulogies have been recited by the hands of fate