1. The people have suffered enough oppression and injustice
We had to whisper our complaints, avoiding loud protests

2. We were patient despite the harm done to our bodies
But when it became too much for our souls, we lost patience

3. When we realized our duty today, we thought
The West would understand this duty, but we did not know

4. We shot an arrow into life, only to see
It embedded in their chests, freshly bloodied

5. They rose up angrily, roaring threats
Showering us with terrifying deterrents

6. A star sparkled on the political horizon
Bizerte remains, defying tyranny, eternally remembered

7. We see embodied in the Gafsa incident
A river of innocent blood flowing

8. After which we have not seen
Anything similar, though time is like time

9. Until livelihoods were denied all workers
Oh how hunger has unsheathed its claws!

10. When they enter the workshops, the pillars
Collapse from their footsteps and shouts

11. They stretch out hands, hardened by picks
Seeking wages, but wages are out of reach

12. So they went on strike, for strikes are
A path to rights, never halting or slow

13. The head of capital trembled with rage
Dressing himself in wonder and arrogance

14. Whispering orders in the government's ear
I despise such commands!

15. So the iron hand lashed out against them
Believing it could subdue them by force

16. And it urged those guarding the peace, giving them
Orders to crush the people, shaking with anger

17. Soon the cavalry was prepared
And the country's mother wept immediately

18. There chaos seemed to loom
But it was only intense fear

19. He tried to resolve the dispute by controlling them
But failed to achieve this by force

20. So he acted rashly on signal
To his men, harbingers of evil

21. They soon ignited fires, despite seeing
The wretched leaning towards peace

22. A grinding war churned against them
The situation was most dreadful

23. Bullets tore up their bodies, undeservedly
Some were left wounded, others with broken bones

24. Others still, hands bound, destined
For prison, dragged away in chains

25. They cried out, but their cries were fruitless
Seeking aid from stone-hearted people

26. Among them, some souls departed
Leaving behind children, ten or more

27. They fell upon him, watching his body
Measuring a meter, then more than a meter

28. They called, but he did not answer, so they wept
Wetting his body with pure tears

29. Saying, “Father, who will help us in this hardship?
It is you we seek in times of affliction

30. We trusted you, caring for us, promising
Joy to us with your smiles

31. But here we walk behind you now that
We've seen your procession to the grave

32. In every heart burnt by your tragedy
On history's page, line upon line

33. Should I complain to someone? Or should we extend
Our hands over our ruined homeland?

34. We have labored to build palaces for masters
Whose orders are: Do not approach the palace!

35. Do they not know we have long gazed upon the soil?
Today we look towards the full moon

36. Those who were their slaves yesterday
Have today turned fierce as lions

37. Let them be as they wish, for we have known
The way of good from the way of evil

38. Neither fire will deter us, nor embers
Extinguish the flame if added to embers

39. It is enough for peace of mind to be assured
Of a future amidst fragrant blossoms”