أبيٌّunyielding .. كالعراقِlike Iraq وماand has not تشكّىcomplained
أبيٌّ .. كالعراقِ وما تشكّى
فؤادٌa heart أوغلتْpenetrated deeply فيهinto it الجروحُthe wounds !
فؤادٌ أوغلتْ فيه الجروحُ !
Unbowed, like Iraq, and it has not complained—
My father, like Iraq, complained of so much
A heart into which wounds have burrowed deep!
A heart into which wounds delved so deep!