من كل عاصمة الرشيد لاهلها

من كل عاصمة الرشيد لاهلها

لم يبق الا طيفها وخيالها

لم يبق الا طيفها وخيالها

Of al-Rashid’s entire capital, for its people

Of every glorious capital for its people

Nothing remains but its phantom and its image.

Only its specter and its shadow remain

ديست باقدام ثقيل وطؤها

ديست باقدام ثقيل وطؤها

ارض العروبة سهلها وجبالها

ارض العروبة سهلها وجبالها

Beneath feet with a heavy tread was trampled

Trampled under heavy feet that marched over it

The land of the Arabs—its plain and its mountains.

The land of Arabism, its plains and its mountains