1. A year has passed, O Suad, and a year
While Ibn Kinana is protected

2. They have poured afflictions upon the servants, so half of them
Collect tribute and half of them are rulers

3. I complain to the palace of Dubara about what he has done
Tell the truth, O Minister, and what the tax collector has collected

4. Say to the neutral one, have you witnessed our blood
Flowing, and is there peace after blood?

5. Our affection for you was spilled, and it became clear to us
That neutrality in conflict is a mask

6. Verily, boilers - their evil cannot be avoided
Until their valves vent out their distress

7. None remains among us who comforts himself
With your affection, so your affection is but dreams

8. Is it of politics and chivalry that we
Suffer with you in our land and are suppressed?

9. We have gathered our ranks for jihad
We will die or live, and we are dignified

10. And the Sheikh, the Priest, and the Rabbi have prayed
Upon you in his shrine

11. If only his conscience would come alive so that he may taste
Agonies and sorrows that would rip his soul apart