1. Forever spreading and extending its reach
Thus do the vilest people show enmity

2. The night has come with no hope of dawn
While truth is evident and matters obscure

3. Weighty disasters have befallen her
Bowed shoulders, limp limbs

4. O year, who lit the fuse of strife
With what hand, and what fuse?

5. When you wounded the heart of Butrus Fadmi
Unjustly, you wounded all hearts in Egypt

6. After losing her beloved, you clothed her
In mourning robes - but what mourning robes!

7. His glory adorns the shrine in its darkness
This whiteness gone beneath the black

8. Oh God! What blood was deceitfully spilled
Kindling hatreds, nursing grudges

9. I quench the thirst of beastly souls
Souls naturally inclined to bloodshed

10. Thriving on corruption, these specters
Die when corruption itself dies

11. Sheltering in bodies, but not to be kind
Doing harm when inhabiting bodies

12. Passion dwells in them, undisturbed
Whether a mourner wails or a reveler sings