1. We have killed of their men as many as they killed of us, over and over,
Yet bloodshed cannot make bloodshed fair.
١. قَتلنا بقتلانَا من القوم مثلَهُم
مراراً ولكن ما الدماءُ سَواءُ
2. But we have healed our souls of the festering wounds of sorrow
By shedding their blood, if that could heal or help repair.
٢. ولكن شَفَينا النّفس من لاعجِ الأسَى
بقتلهمُ إن كان منه شِفاءُ