1. ليت منِّي نياط القلب إلى قسطنط

    ين يمتدُّ من أقاصي العراق

    Would that my heart's tether, from me toward Constant-

    ine, stretched from the farthest reaches of Iraq,

  2. فيؤدي إليك أضعافَ ما أدَّ

    يت بالتلغراف من أشواقي

    and carried to you many times what I con-

    veyed of my longings by telegraph.

  3. أنتَ بدرُ العُلى فما برحت في

    ك إلينا مضيئة الآفاق

    You are the full moon of glory; ceaselessly, through

    you, the horizons shine toward us.

  4. فعلى البدر نالنا منك ما ن

    لنا على البعدِ منك بالإِشراق

    So, by way of the full moon, there reached us from you what we re-

    ceived from you, across the distance, through radiance.