1. Yet it is the pool of one who betrayed his brethren,
The doubter of fate, so he became the country's white egg,
١. لَكِنَّهُ حَوضُ مَن أَودَى بِإِخوَتِهِ
رَيبُ المَنُونِ فَأَضحَى بَيضَةَ البَلَدِ
2. If the dead could be complained to, they would not have suffered
What the living suffered after them, from so much suppression,
٢. لَو كانَ يُشكى إلى الأَمواتِ ما لَقِيَ الـ
ـأَحياءُ بَعدَهُمُ مِن شِدَّةِ الكَمَدِ
3. Then I complained that my complaints would be shared by its inhabitant
A grave in Sinjar or a grave on Qahad
٣. ثُمَّ اِشتَكَيتُ لَأَشكاني وَساكِنُهُ
قَبرٌ بِسِنجارَ أَو قَبرٌ عَلى قَهَدِ