1. سما برأسك تاج نوره سطعا

    تاج له السعد والاقبال قد جمعا

    A crown rose high upon your head; its light shone forth.

    A crown for which good fortune and prosperity have been united.

  2. يا سيف آل الهدى لا سيف ذي يزن

    اشرب هنيئاً عليك التاج مرتفعا

    O sword of the House of Guidance, not Sayf Dhi Yazan!

    Drink joyfully, with the crown raised high upon you.

  3. ان توجوك فحق أنت صاحبه

    والحق أولي بأن يعطى ويتبعا

    If they crown you, it is a right that belongs to you;

    And a right is most worthy of being granted and upheld.

  4. سيفاً تقلدته تمضي مضاربه

    كأنما حدّه من عزمك انطبعا

    You girded on a sword whose cutting edges pierce,

    As though its edge were formed from your resolve.

  5. نضوت منه صنيعاً مرهفاً خذماً

    طابت به يدك البيضاء مصطنعا

    From it you drew a finely wrought, keen, cleaving blade;

    Your white hand was graced by that crafted blade.

  6. لما دعوت اجبنا ان سنتنا

    ان نستجيب إذا داعي الرشاد دعا

    When you called, we answered, for our custom is

    To respond whenever a herald of right guidance calls.

  7. فكن لنا خير متبوع نؤمله

    فالخير غاية من كنا له تبعا

    So be for us the best leader we hope for;

    For goodness is the goal of anyone we follow.

  8. والشعب يهتف يا ملك العراق اعد

    مجدي اخيراً ومجدي أولا شرعا

    And the people cry: “O King of Iraq, restore

    My glory now, equal to my glory of old.”

  9. كنا على الدهر احرارا وغايتنا

    بأن نعيش كما كنا ونجتمعا

    We were free throughout the ages, and our aim

    Is to live as we once did and come together.

  10. أنت المعيد لنا المجد الذي سلفت

    أيامه وكأن المجد قد رجعا

    You restore to us the glory whose

    Days have passed; it is as though glory has returned.

  11. وفي ضمانك بعد الله وحدتنا

    فاجهد بقومك ان لا يذهبو اشيعا

    And, after God, our unity is in your keeping;

    So strive for your people, lest they scatter into factions.

  12. بالأتفاق ملكنا الأرض ثم غدا

    بالأختلاف عظيم الملك منتزعا

    Through accord we ruled the earth; then

    Through discord, our mighty dominion was wrested away.

  13. يا دولة السادة الاشارف من مضر

    وصلت حبل رجاء كان منقطعا

    O dynasty of the noble lords of Mudar,

    You have rejoined a cord of hope that had been severed.

  14. وأنت يا فيصل الاملاك اشرفهم

    إذا ابتغوا في مراقي المجد مطلعا

    And you, O Faisal, are the noblest among kings,

    When they seek a place to rise on glory’s stairways.

  15. خاض السياسة والهيجاء منك فتى

    بالرأي والسيف كل منهما برعا

    In you, a young man plunged into politics and battle,

    With judgment and sword, each proving masterful.

  16. كنا على ظمأ شوقاً لطلعته

    فجاءنا الغيث مرتاداً ومنتجعا

    We thirsted in longing for his appearance;

    Then the rain came to us, sought out and turned to for sustenance.

  17. نال العراق مناه اليوم وابتهجت

    منا النفوس وشمل الأمة اجتمعا

    Iraq attained its wish today, and rejoicing filled

    Our souls; the nation’s ranks came together.

  18. يوم الغدير صفا سلسال كوثره

    فكل وجد بسلسال الصغا نقعا

    On the Day of Ghadir, its Kawthar’s sweet stream ran clear;

    So every longing was quenched by the sweet stream of purity.

  19. يوم به السمع والابصار قد نعمت

    بما تشاهده مرأى ومستمعا

    A day on which hearing and sight found delight

    In what they witnessed, both as a sight and as a sound.

  20. يوم به قد رقى عرش العلى ملك

    بمجده اعترف العرش الذي افترعا

    A day on which a king ascended the throne of exalted glory;

    The throne he mounted acknowledged his glory.

  21. فأنطق الحب منا السناً وصفت

    ما في القلوب فقد حازت هو ادمعا

    So love gave voice to tongues among us, describing

    What lies in the hearts, for tears have already held it.

  22. فليهنه الملك وليهنى العراق به

    فالسعد بالحسني المحض قد طلعا

    So may kingship gladden him, and may Iraq rejoice in him;

    For good fortune has dawned with the pure Hasanid.