االف لسان جاء عندك يشكر

االف لسان جاء عندك يشكر

لأيفاء ما اسديت هيهات يقدر

لأيفاء ما اسديت هيهات يقدر

A thousand tongues have come to you in thanks;

A thousand tongues have come to thank you

A thousand tongues have come to you with thanks,

yet they could never repay what you have bestowed.

For the kindness you have shown, but who can fully appreciate it?

Yet to repay what you have bestowed, they can hardly suffice.

بعثت حيلة من رداها و نفضت

بعثت حيلة من رداها و نفضت

أياديك عنها كل ما كان يوقر

أياديك عنها كل ما كان يوقر

You revived a stratagem from its ruin, and shook off

You devised a plan to restore things from ruin

You revived a life from its destruction and shook off,

with your hands all that had weighed upon it.

And lifted your hands from it, removing all that had oppressed

With your hands, every burden that weighed it down.

جزاك الأله الخير عن أم صبية

جزاك الأله الخير عن أم صبية

أعدت لها البعل الذي كاد يقبر

أعدت لها البعل الذي كاد يقبر

May God reward you with goodness on behalf of a mother of children;

May God reward you for restoring a widow's son

May God reward you with good on behalf of a mother,

you restored to her the husband who was almost buried.

And providing for him a husband who was nearly buried

To whom you returned the husband who was nearly in his grave.

فصار اليتامى من جداك ذوي أب

فصار اليتامى من جداك ذوي أب

فداك الأب الفاديه در و جوهر

فداك الأب الفاديه در و جوهر

Thus, through your bounty, the orphans gained a father.

So the orphans through your generosity have fathers again

So the orphans, through your bounty, now possess a father,

May the father, ransomed by pearls and jewels, be your ransom.

May the Father who ransomed them reward you, treasure and jewel

May that father be your ransom, with pearls and jewels as the price.

أسير فيكسو شارق الشمس جبهتي

أسير فيكسو شارق الشمس جبهتي

فيعلو دعائي ظللت بالله تنصر

فيعلو دعائي ظللت بالله تنصر

I walk, and the sun's rising light clothes my brow;

I walk with the rising sun shining on my brow

I walk, and the rising sun adorns my brow,

and my prayer rises: may God always grant you victory.

So my prayer rises - you have shaded me in God's protection

While my prayer ascends: May you remain victorious through God.

ألست الذي أحيا وقد ثار شعبه

ألست الذي أحيا وقد ثار شعبه

فصاح ابتهاجا منه الله اكبر

فصاح ابتهاجا منه الله اكبر

Are you not the one who brought life, as his people rose

Are you not the one who revived though your people had rebelled,

Are you not he who gave life when his people rose up,

and cried out in joy because of him: 'God is greatest!'?

So they shouted "God is great" in joy for Him?

And cried out in jubilation: Allahu Akbar?

وقام الكسيح المبتلى من فراشه

وقام الكسيح المبتلى من فراشه

يسير على ساق يعدو ويطفر

يسير على ساق يعدو ويطفر

And the stricken, crippled man rose from his bed,

The wounded Christ rose from his bed

And the afflicted cripple rose up from his bed,

walking on one leg, running and leaping.

Walking on a leg, running and leaping

Walking upon his legs, running and leaping.

تقحمت أو كان المنيات والسنا

تقحمت أو كان المنيات والسنا

يئن وآلاف الشاياطين تصفر

يئن وآلاف الشاياطين تصفر

You stormed the nests of death, while the radiance

You charged ahead though death and years

You stormed the dens of death and lightning,

moaned, and thousands of devils whistled.

Moaned and thousands of demons hissed

While they groaned, and thousands of devils hissed.

فما هي ألا ضربة الثأر وانجلى

فما هي ألا ضربة الثأر وانجلى

ظلام من البلوى وبغداد تنظر

ظلام من البلوى وبغداد تنظر

It was but a stroke of vengeance, and there lifted

It was but a stroke of vengeance and the

It was but a strike of vengeance, and then cleared away,

a darkness of affliction, while Baghdad looked on.

Darkness of affliction cleared, and Baghdad watched

The darkness of tribulation, while Baghdad watched.

فمن ير بغداد التى أنت نورها

فمن ير بغداد التى أنت نورها

يقل عاد هارون وقد مات جعفر

يقل عاد هارون وقد مات جعفر

Whoever sees Baghdad, whose light you are,

So whoever sees Baghdad which you are its light

So whoever sees Baghdad, of which you are the light,

says: 'Harun has returned, and Ja'far has died.'

Says, "Harun has returned," though Ja'far died

Would say: Harun has returned, and Ja'far is dead.

ثأرت لشواف وأمطرت ناظما

ثأرت لشواف وأمطرت ناظما

بما قد روى القبر الذي كاد يطمر

بما قد روى القبر الذي كاد يطمر

You avenged Shawwaf and showered Nazim

You avenged the poets and rained on their composer

You took vengeance for Shawwaf, and rained down upon Nazim,

with what quenched the grave that was nearly buried.

What had wet the grave which almost buried him

That which quenched the grave that was nearly obliterated.

وسد من التهريج أعلاه قاسم

وسد من التهريج أعلاه قاسم

وما كان كاسمه فهو يشطر

وما كان كاسمه فهو يشطر

And Qasim raised a barrier of buffoonery;

And you silenced the racket, climbing over Qasim

And Qasim blocked the height of buffoonery,

he was not as his name implied, for he splits in two.

For you are like your name, a splitter

Yet he was not true to his name, for he only divides.

يحن ألى النيل الفرات ودونه

يحن ألى النيل الفرات ودونه

صحارى وقد قالوا لنا تلك كوثر

صحارى وقد قالوا لنا تلك كوثر

The Euphrates yearns for the Nile, but between them lie

The Euphrates longs for the Nile beyond it

The Euphrates yearns for the Nile, yet between them lie,

deserts—yet they told us: 'That is Kawthar.'

While deserts spread, though they told us that was Kauthar

Deserts, though they told us it was a river of Paradise.

ألوف الضحايا سامها الخسف والأذى

ألوف الضحايا سامها الخسف والأذى

غلوم ورقاع وبخش وقنبر

غلوم ورقاع وبخش وقنبر

Thousands of victims were subjected to humiliation and harm

Thousands of victims overwhelmed by sinking and harm -

Thousands of victims subjected to humiliation and harm,

by Ghuloom, Raqqa', Bakhsh, and Qanbar.

Gloom, rags, Bakhsh, and Kanbar

By Ghulum, Ruqa', Bakhsh, and Qanbar.

ولولاه ما عاد الشيوعي حاكما

ولولاه ما عاد الشيوعي حاكما

كما شاء أو كان الشيوعي ينحر

كما شاء أو كان الشيوعي ينحر

But for him, the communist would not have become a ruler again,

Without you the Communist would not rule again

Were it not for him, the Communist would not have returned to rule,

as he wished, nor would the communist have been slaughtering.

As he desired, nor would the Communist slaughter

As he pleased, or the Communist would be slaughtering.

فكنت الجواب المرتجى من دعائه

فكنت الجواب المرتجى من دعائه

وكنت لنا النور الذي فيه نبصر

وكنت لنا النور الذي فيه نبصر

So you were the hoped-for answer to his prayer,

You were the hoped-for answer to his prayer

So you were the answer hoped for in his prayer,

and for us you were the light by which we see.

You were for us the light by which we see

And you were for us the light by which we see.

فيا جيش لا نلت الأذى دونك الذي

فيا جيش لا نلت الأذى دونك الذي

هبطنا ألى الأعماقأذ كبان يهذر

هبطنا ألى الأعماقأذ كبان يهذر

O army, may no harm befall you! Take the one who

So O army, harm came not to you though we

O Army, may you never suffer harm; beneath you is he who,

brought us down into the depths while he babbled,

Descended into depths where seas were gushing

Dragged us to the depths while he prattled on.

يمن بمال الشعب أعطاه عاجزا

يمن بمال الشعب أعطاه عاجزا

ومن ظلمة الداء الذي فيه ينخر

ومن ظلمة الداء الذي فيه ينخر

boasting of the people's money, which he gave him in his helplessness,

With the people's wealth he gave support to the incapable

He bestows the people's wealth, giving it in incompetence,

and from the darkness of the sickness gnawing within him [syntax unclear].

And from the sickness of injustice that consumed him

From the darkness of the disease that rots within him.

لقد جاع حتى حطم الجوع جسمه

لقد جاع حتى حطم الجوع جسمه

وطورد حتى ما على المشي يقدر

وطورد حتى ما على المشي يقدر

He had indeed starved until hunger shattered his body,

He starved until hunger shattered his body

He starved until hunger shattered his body,

and was hunted until he could no longer walk.

And was exiled until he could no longer walk

And was persecuted until he could no longer walk.

لك الحمد أذ أرويت بالثأر أرضنا

لك الحمد أذ أرويت بالثأر أرضنا

فسرنا على الدرب الذي كاد يطمر

فسرنا على الدرب الذي كاد يطمر

Praise be to you, for you watered our land with vengeance;

Praise to you for watering our land with vengeance

Praise be to you, for you watered our land with vengeance,

and so we walked the path that was nearly buried.

So we marched on the path that almost buried us

And we marched upon the path that was nearly lost.