I lived happily
In my palaces
Of black gold and precious stones
The Tiger slid
On the crystal pavements
A thousand caliphs jostled
On my dance cards

They called me
The City full of grace
God
How time passes

They called me
Capital of light
God
How everything is lost

My name is Baghdad
And I fell
Under the fire of the tanks
Under the fire of the tanks
My name is Baghdad
Disfigured princess
And Scheherazade
Has forgotten me

I live on my lands
Like a poor beggar
Under the bulldozers
The spirits haunt me
I cry for my beauty in ruins
Under the still smoking stones
It's my soul they're killing

They called me
Capital of light
God
How everything is lost

My name is Baghdad
And I fell
Under the fire of the tanks
Under the fire of the tanks
My name is Baghdad
Disfigured princess
And Scheherazade
Has forgotten me
My tales of the thousand and one nights
No longer interest anyone
They have destroyed everything

My name is Baghdad
And I fell
Under the fire of the tanks
My name is Baghdad
Disfigured princess
And Scheherazade
Has forgotten me

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