ابناء دجلة والفرات نيام

عن حقها وتسرها الاحلام

The sons of the Tigris and Euphrates sleep

Oblivious of their rights as dreams delight them

واذا الحقائق لم تجد في امة

سندا تقوم مقامها الاوهام

And when the truths cannot find in a nation

Support, then illusions take their place

الحق يكسبني اليقين وضوحه

ويريبني في الباطل الابهام

The truth endows me with clarity and certainty

While falsehood leaves me in doubt and confusion

أتنيل بغداد الاديب سلامة

ام ليس في بلد السلام سلام

Will cultured Baghdad greet Salama with peace?

Or is there no peace in the abode of peace?

انا قد يئست فلا الحياة جميلة

عندي ولا وجه المنى بسام

I have despaired, for life is not beautiful for me

Nor is the face of purpose cheerful for me

ان العراق به يعيش لشقوة

شعب يسام الذل ثم يسام

Iraq, in it lives a people miserable

A people on whom humiliation is imposed repeatedly

الفوه حتى صار فيهم طابعا

من طول ما صفتهم الايام

They have become so accustomed that it is now their nature

From the length of time that days have shaped them

لو كلفوا مشيا على اراسهم

لمشوا كأن رؤسهم اقدام

If they were made to walk on their heads

They would walk as if their heads were their feet

عن كل مملكة يذود همامها

اما العراق فليس فيه همام

Every kingdom is protected by its zealous defenders

But Iraq has no protectors

اسمى رجال العصر ان احصيتهم

هو مصطفى الوثابة المقدام

If I were to count the greatest men of this age

He is Mustafa Al-Wahhabi, the bold and intrepid

العبقري الفذ في ايامه

وله بذلك تشهد الايام

The brilliant genius of his time

As the days bear witness to that

ما مصطفى الغازي يقاس بغيره

بل انه للمصلحين امام

Mustafa the Conqueror cannot be compared to another

Rather, he is the leader of reformers

من قاسه بالآخرين بدواله

في جنبه وكأنهم اقزام

Whoever compares him to others belittles him

As if they are dwarfs next to him

اني لاعظمه على افعاله

ولمثله لا يكثر الاعظام

I glorify him for his deeds

And few can attain such glory

لا تنكروا باللَه اعظامي له

انا لي بابطال الزمان غرام

Do not, for Allah’s sake, deny my exaltation of him

For I am enamored with the heroes of time

هو فخر امته التي عزت به

ان فاخرت برجالها الاقوام

He is the pride of his nation that was empowered by him

If it prides itself in its men over other nations

وابن السعود له الامامة انه

السند الذي يقوى به الاسلام

And Ibn Saud, he has the leadership, for he

Is the pillar by which Islam is strengthened

ملك العروبة عزها وصلاحها

وعصامها وشجاعها الهمام

King of Arabism, its might, reform,

Stubbornness, and courageous protectors

نجد له ثم الحجاز وانما

يشدو العراق بحمده والشام

Najd is his, then Hijaz, and Iraq

Sings his praises, as does Syria

هيهات ليس يقوم من جدث به

دفنوه مجد للعراق قدام

Alas! No past glory can rise from its grave

For Iraq, ever again

شنؤوا العروبة مدعين ولاءها

ما بالولي مخادع ظلام

They wore out Arabism with empty claims of loyalty

While the disloyal one is but deceiving darkness

بين القلى والحب بون شاسع

فالحب يبنى والقلى هدام

Between the heart and hatred is a vast rift

For the heart builds while hatred demolishes

نظر الفتى مهما اراد لحقده

كتما على قلب الفتى نمام

No matter how the young man wants to conceal his hatred

It shows as a blemish on the young man's heart

يأتي من العين التي هي كوة

للفكر نور تارة وظلام

The eye, which is but a window for thought

Can bring at times light, and at times darkness

يبغون تصريحي ورب حقيقة

ليست تسيغ أجابها الافهام

They want me to speak openly, but by God

Some truths cannot be uttered clearly

اشحذ سلاحك ما استطعت فانما

ديناك تغدر والحياة صدام

Sharpen your weapon as much as you can, for

Your religion is betrayed and life is an ongoing clash