After Medina, Mecca,
and Jerusalem, Baghdad
is the city of God
I love most dearly.

And why wouldn't I
love her, City of Peace?
There is my master, guide
in religion, thought, and faith.

There lives a girl,
daughter of Persia,
with beckoning allure
and langorous eyes.

With her gaze
she revives the one
she kills, bringing him
beauty, grace and favor.