1. Herds of betrayal...and the streets are asleep
And the dawn a sea...and the city adrift

2. A child splits open a lifetime towards his salvation
He walks wounded, and treachery lurks

3. His steps are the candle of the road, lighting it
And the sound of prayer in the chest of a fasting mother

4. Return my love and steal my awakening
Settle the slumber of life, my destructive palm

5. Abandon your innocence that you have adorned
And rise for your celebration, for martyrdom is coming

6. Herds of crows and you alone crying out
You called when you called out to unresponsive Arabs

7. No sound but what distress has begotten
Our capitals have fallen and you have become the capital

8. So read to us what blood can be read
This Arabism is delusional with reading

9. The swords of poetry slipped out quietly while
No comprehending swords were drawn for dignity

10. We are nothing but a nation in its silence
The prayer of victory broke, fearing the blamer

11. This is our country, no matter how high
The shepherds' voices rise and the sublime bless it

12. This is our sky, it never rained
Except for men, and manhood decisive

13. Forgive me little one, for reciting you a verse
Poetry is a sin and the poem guilty

14. The invaders' fire, its flames from our oil
The flesh prey, and Arabism the devourer

15. You who have darkened the injustice within us
How many oppressors have questioned the oppressed?

16. In the tents of life is there room for a dreamer
To say long live the dreaming life?

17. The killers frowned while your age laughed
So smile, O Jerusalem, your Angel sullen

18. No scent but what the breeze carries
And the scent of death roams fragrant

19. Your ribs have ripened, did you cry “Wait!”
Or were the fires gently peaceful?

20. This is God's friend in the silence of blazes
He was the beginning, then you were the end