En un banco de Bagdad

Nader: Sabah al Jeir

Rayul: Sabah An-Nur

Aina al bank, min fadlik

Fi nihaia(t) share' ila al iamin

mata iaftah a'datan

azunn, fi saa' tasi-a'(t)

shukran a'la hadihi al ma'lumat

al afu', aji

[iad-hab Nader ila al bank]

Nader: marhaba

Al Muazzaf: marhaba, ahlan ua sahlan, Aiia jidma(t)?

Urid an asref hada sheik

min aiia u'mla(t)?

Min dular ila dinar

Hader, hal i'ndak hisab huna?

la, laisa i'ndi hisab

anta aynabi, tabaa'n?

naa'm, ana kanadi

hal iumken an ara yauazak?

Tabaa´n, Tafaddal

lisu-en al hazz, si´r dular laisa yeidan

Al dular daíman laisa yeidan

jassatan hada al usbu'

hada al usbu' faqat? mundu sana ua hua a'la hada al hal

a'la kul-li hal, kam dularan tuhibb an tasrif?

hamsina dularan faqat

hal anta huna mundu zaman

la, uasaltu mundu usbu'

ua kunta kul-lu al uaqet fi Bagdad

naa'm, arbaa' aiiam fi al mathaf al 'iraqi al qadim

iayeb an tazur Babel

in sha Allah

hia laisat bai´da(t)

Kam al masafa (t) bi siara(t)?

60 milan faqat! hia qariba(t) yiddan. Ua ida kana i'ndak uaqet. iayeb an tazur Ur aidan

sa-ajluqu al uaqet li dalik, hia fi tariqi ila AlBasra(t)

hal satadhab ila AlBasra(t)?

Naa'm, ualidi min AlBasra(t) ua ualidati min Turuntu min fi kanada

Al Yau fi AlBasra(t) Harr yiddan Fi saif

Na'am, a'red dalik, hia qariba(t) min al bahr

hadihi nuquduk ia aji, atamanna laka iqama(t) mumtia'(t)

Shukran ia Aji, barakal-lahu bik, ilal liqa

maa's salama(t)