أَحَبُّ بِلادِ اللَهِ لي بَعدَ طَيبَةٍ

أَحَبُّ بِلادِ اللَهِ لي بَعدَ طَيبَةٍ

وَمَكَّةَ وَالأَقصى مَدينَةُ بَغدانِ

وَمَكَّةَ وَالأَقصى مَدينَةُ بَغدانِ

The dearest of God's lands to me, after Taybah,

I love the lands of God after Tayba

Mecca and al-Aqsa, is the city of Baghdad.

And Mecca and Al-Aqsa, the city of Baghdan

وَما لِيَ لا أَهوى السَلامَ وَلي بِها

وَما لِيَ لا أَهوى السَلامَ وَلي بِها

إِمامُ هُدىً ديني وَعَقدي وَإيماني

إِمامُ هُدىً ديني وَعَقدي وَإيماني

And why should I not love the City of Peace, when there I have

Why would I not yearn for peace and for it

an imam of guidance for my religion, my creed, and my faith?

The imam of guidance is my religion, my doctrine and my faith

وَقَد سَكَنَتها مِن بُنَيّاتِ فارِسٍ

وَقَد سَكَنَتها مِن بُنَيّاتِ فارِسٍ

لَطيفَةُ إيماءٍ مَريضَةُ أَجفانِ

لَطيفَةُ إيماءٍ مَريضَةُ أَجفانِ

And one of Persia's young daughters has dwelt there,

And it has been inhabited by the daughters of Persia

delicate in gesture, with languid eyelids.

A gentle glance, sickly eyelids

تُحَيّي فَتُحيي مَن أَماتَت بِلَحظِها

تُحَيّي فَتُحيي مَن أَماتَت بِلَحظِها

فَجاءَت بِحُسنى بعدَ حُسنٍ وَإِحسانِ

فَجاءَت بِحُسنى بعدَ حُسنٍ وَإِحسانِ

She greets, and so revives whoever she slew with her glance;

She says hello and brings to life those who her glance has killed

thus she brought a good deed after beauty and kindness.

So she came with beauty after beauty and benevolence