1. وثق العراق بزاهر استقباله

    والشعب متفق علي استقلاله

    Iraq has faith in its radiant future,

    And the people are united on its independence.

  2. اضحى يؤمل نيل اشرف غاية

    يا رب أوصله مدى آماله

    It now hopes to attain the noblest goal;

    O Lord, bring it to the full reach of its hopes.

  3. فله إلى التحرير وهو حبيبه

    نظر المشوق المستهام الواله

    For on liberation, its beloved, it fixes

    The gaze of one yearning, lovesick, and distraught.

  4. قالوا له صبراً وقد غلب الهوى

    فاجابهم لا صبر دون وصاله

    They told it, "Patience!" though love had prevailed;

    So it answered them, "No patience without union with it."

  5. ضربوا لأيام التلاقي موعداً

    ما آفة الموعود غير مطاله

    They fixed a time for the days of reunion;

    The only bane of a promise is its postponement.

  6. قد أطلق العاني وفك اساره

    فإلام يبقي وهو في أغلاله

    The captive has been freed, his bonds undone;

    How long, then, will it remain in its shackles?

  7. وردت شعوب الأرض باستقلالها

    عذب الرجاء ورويت بزلاله

    Through independence, the peoples of the earth have reached

    Hope's sweet waters, and quenched their thirst with its pure draught.

  8. أفيحرم الشعب العراقي المنى

    والشيء محمول على أمثاله

    Shall the Iraqi people, then, be denied their hopes,

    When like cases are judged alike?

  9. فازوا بنيل حقوقهم وحقوقه

    بضمان أهليه وعزم رجاله

    They have won their rights; its rights, too,

    Are guaranteed by its people and the resolve of its men.

  10. ان يعط واجب حقه فلحقه

    أولا فمفزعه إلى أبطاله

    If it is granted its due, that is its right;

    Otherwise, its recourse is to its heroes.

  11. يأبى لنا دين النبي مذلة

    فامضوا على دين النبي وآله

    The Prophet's faith forbids humiliation for us;

    So follow the faith of the Prophet and his family.

  12. أن السعادة في الحياة لمفتد

    شرف الحياة بنفسه وبماله

    Indeed, happiness in life belongs to one who redeems

    Life's honor with his own life and wealth.

  13. عيش الذليل هو الممات وموته

    بالعز عين حياته وكماله

    The life of the abased is death; his death

    In honor is his very life and his perfection.

  14. والذ ورد المرء في ظل القنا

    يترشف المعسول من عساله

    And a man's sweetest draught is in the shade of spears,

    As he sips honeyed sweetness from his swaying spear.

  15. عصر التمدن عاد اشبه سيرة

    بالأعصر الأولى بكل خلاله

    The age of civilization has reverted in its conduct

    To the earliest ages, in all its traits.

  16. حب التملك والتغلب غالب

    والعدل اشبه بالسراب وآله

    The love of possession and domination prevails,

    And justice is more like a mirage and its shimmering haze.

  17. يسطو القوي على الضعيف فان شكا

    الماً فلا احد يرق لحاله

    The strong attack the weak; and if the latter complain

    Of pain, no one takes pity on their plight.

  18. ولعل للحلفاء فيه سيرة

    محمودة تمحو ذميم فعاله

    Yet perhaps the Allies will follow in this age a course

    Worthy of praise, erasing the age's shameful deeds:

  19. نعطي الحقوق وتأخذ الشرف الذي

    هو في جبين الدهر نور جماله

    We are granted our rights, and it earns the honor that

    Is the light of time's beauty upon its brow.

  20. يا عنصر العرب الذي فاق الورى

    بشريف محتده ومجد فعاله

    O Arab stock, which has surpassed humankind

    Through the nobility of its origins and the glory of its deeds,

  21. ليست نجوم الأرض وهي زواهر

    الا شهود صفاته وخصاله

    Earth's stars, radiant though they are, are nothing

    But witnesses to its qualities and virtues.

  22. منك التمدن والحضارة انشئت

    والعدل منك وأنت عين مثاله

    From you, civilization and culture were born,

    And justice comes from you; you are its very embodiment.

  23. هذا نشوءك وارتقاؤك بعده

    والبدر يكمل بعد سير هلاله

    This is your beginning; your ascent will follow,

    And the full moon reaches perfection after its crescent's course.