1. I see blood flowing in the goblet steadily
And the rousing call to evil never ceases nor stops

2. How great the tribulation of a nation whose sons
Betray their covenant when she is tipped over

3. Never did I fear the eye would see youths
Reveling in pleasures, playing and dancing frivolously

4. As if nothing in Egypt frightened them
Nor did a day of ill omen make them ashen

5. Have mercy, Lord of mankind, upon souls
That spend the night perplexed and tossing about

6. Save them from the innovations that alarmed them
And the enormities of fate they apprehensively await

7. Have mercy! Living has saddened their faces
While the faces of death have become inflamed and burned

8. To You we cried, seeking refuge in a mercy
That is the greatest protection when a sinner wanders

9. Horrors collided from every side
And the calamities of fate came attacking and pouncing

10. The herald of good turned from good, preoccupied
And the warner of evil arose calling for evil

11. From us came the father, bidding farewell
To his sons, fearing death, tears pouring

12. They cried from the anthems of farewell, not knowing
Whether their father was grieving or just playing around

13. And a terrified mother not knowing what had befallen her -
Would it destroy or would her spouse remain for her sons?

14. Two spend the night obeying the arrows of fate
But it is what has exhausted Egypt that has wearied him

15. He fears for her the evil of a folk who are hostile
Wanting evil for her when they leapt up

16. Roaming the outskirts of the land with nothing but
Hunting prey and seeking quarry to occupy them

17. Aiming arrows at a folk desiring calamity
And for the traitor deceived into evil - a gain!

18. They fear the day of justice, and justice is coming
In its days, and time alternates among people

19. So that is a day bound to come
Though their vain dreams have misled and confounded them