Poet: Ali Kadhim Al Derjal
Salaam to the Tigris and Euphrates… Salaam to migrant birds
Salaam to bygone civilizations …salaam to lofty edifices
Salaam to Babylon … its charm… salaam to Sumer and others
Salaam to the kingdom of seas… its hub and life secret
Salaam to standing reeds … salaam to Akkad among cosmopolitans
Salaam to Iraq of the nobles … salaam to Al Ahwar in ancient times
Salaam to pious worshippers of Allah… salaam to every span of land and every vegetation
My mother father and relatives for your sacrifice… your arm outstretched against tyrants
You are still that great and your love a dream tempting every soul