نَصَبُّ إِلى طيبِ العِراقِ وَحُسنِها

نَصَبُّ إِلى طيبِ العِراقِ وَحُسنِها

وَيَمنَعُ مِنها قَيظُها وَحَرورُها

وَيَمنَعُ مِنها قَيظُها وَحَرورُها

We yearn for Iraq's sweetness and beauty,

I yearn for the goodness and beauty of Iraq

Yet its summer blaze and searing heat keep us away.

Though the heat and burning winds deny it

هِيَ الأَرضُ نَهواها إِذا طابَ فَصلُها

هِيَ الأَرضُ نَهواها إِذا طابَ فَصلُها

وَنَهرُبُ مِنها حينَ يَحمى هَجيرُها

وَنَهرُبُ مِنها حينَ يَحمى هَجيرُها

It is the land we love when its season turns pleasant,

It's the land we desire when the season is kind

And we flee it when its noonday heat blazes.

And flee when summer makes its coals blaze

عَشيقَتُنا الأُولى وَخُلَّتُنا الَّتي

عَشيقَتُنا الأُولى وَخُلَّتُنا الَّتي

تُحَبُّ وَإِن أَضحَت دِمَشقُ تُغيرُها

تُحَبُّ وَإِن أَضحَت دِمَشقُ تُغيرُها

Our first beloved and our intimate companion, who

Our first love and intimate friend

Is loved, even though Damascus now makes her jealous.

Whom we love though Damascus eclipses its glory

عَنيتُ بِشَرقِ الأَرضِ قَدماً وَغَربِها

عَنيتُ بِشَرقِ الأَرضِ قَدماً وَغَربِها

أُجَوِّبُ في آفاقِها وَأَسيرُها

أُجَوِّبُ في آفاقِها وَأَسيرُها

Long have I busied myself with the earth's east and west,

I've travelled the breadth of the east and west

Roaming through its horizons and journeying across it.

Roaming its horizons, journeying far

فَلَم أَرَ مِثلَ الشامِ دارَ إِقامَةٍ

فَلَم أَرَ مِثلَ الشامِ دارَ إِقامَةٍ

لِراحٍ تُغاديها وَكَأسٍ تُديرُها

لِراحٍ تُغاديها وَكَأسٍ تُديرُها

So I have seen no dwelling-place like Syria,

But found no place like Syria for repose

For wine you take each morning and a cup you pass around.

Where one rests with a cup passing to and fro

مِصَحَّةُ أَبدانٍ وَنُزهَةُ أَعيُنٍ

مِصَحَّةُ أَبدانٍ وَنُزهَةُ أَعيُنٍ

وَلَهوُ نُفوسٍ ضائِمٌ وَسُرورُها

وَلَهوُ نُفوسٍ ضائِمٌ وَسُرورُها

A place of health for bodies and a delight for eyes,

Curing bodies and delighting eyes

And an oppressive diversion for souls, and their joy.

Gladdening hearts oppressed, dispelling their gloom

مُقَدَّسَةٌ جادَ الرَبيعُ بِلادَها

مُقَدَّسَةٌ جادَ الرَبيعُ بِلادَها

فَفي كُلِّ دارٍ رَوضَةٌ وَغَديرُها

فَفي كُلِّ دارٍ رَوضَةٌ وَغَديرُها

Sacred is she; spring has lavishly watered her lands,

Sacrosanct, spring spills o’er its meadows

So in every home there is a garden and its pool.

In every house, a garden and stream flow

تَباشَرَ قُطراها وَأَضعَفَ حُسنَها

تَباشَرَ قُطراها وَأَضعَفَ حُسنَها

بِأَنَّ أَميرَ المُؤمِنينِ يَزورُها

بِأَنَّ أَميرَ المُؤمِنينِ يَزورُها

Her two regions rejoiced, and her beauty was doubled,

Its showers graced it, and made its beauty pure

Because the Commander of the Faithful is visiting her.

For the Commander of the Faithful tours it

تَوَجَّهتَ مَصحوباً إِلَيها بِعَزمَةٍ

تَوَجَّهتَ مَصحوباً إِلَيها بِعَزمَةٍ

مَضى بِسَدادٍ بَدؤُها وَأَخيرُها

مَضى بِسَدادٍ بَدؤُها وَأَخيرُها

You set out for her, accompanied, with a resolve

You set out to it with resolve

Whose beginning and end proceeded aright,

Its beginning and end passed in rectitude

وَفي سَنَةٍ قَد طالَعَتكَ سُعودُها

وَفي سَنَةٍ قَد طالَعَتكَ سُعودُها

وَقابَلَكَ النَيروزُ وَهوَ بَشيرُها

وَقابَلَكَ النَيروزُ وَهوَ بَشيرُها

And in a year whose auspicious stars have risen upon you,

In a year its good fortune rose to meet you

And Nowruz greeted you as its bearer of glad tidings.

And Nawruz came to you, its herald

فَصِلها بِأَعوامٍ تَوالى وَلا تَزَل

فَصِلها بِأَعوامٍ تَوالى وَلا تَزَل

مُقَدَّسَةً أَيامُها وَشُهورُها

مُقَدَّسَةً أَيامُها وَشُهورُها

So join it to successive years, and may they ever remain

May its seasons succeed in blessing

Sacred—their days and their months.

Ever sacred, its days and months

وَعِش أَبَداً لِلمَكرُماتِ وَلِلعُلا

وَعِش أَبَداً لِلمَكرُماتِ وَلِلعُلا

فَأَنتَ ضِياءُ المَكرُماتِ وَنورُها

فَأَنتَ ضِياءُ المَكرُماتِ وَنورُها

And live forever for noble deeds and glory,

And live forever noble deeds and sublime

For you are the radiance of noble deeds and their light.

For you are the light of the noble, their sun