1. They say the voice of the downtrodden is faint
And the hearing of the earth’s tyrants is deaf and dumb

2. Yet in the cry of the toiling people there is turmoil
That makes the bride’s breath stagger and brings walls crashing down

3. The clamor of angry truth has an echo
And the rumble of ferocious war has a mouth

4. When people rally around the truth, it
Shakes the times and makes them grim

5. Woe to you, o bastion of oppression, tomorrow
When the oppressed rise up with resolve

6. When the enslaved break their chains
And pour the heat of their rage, when will you understand?

7. Does it fool you that the people bear their misery patiently
And that the vast space is darkened and gloomy?

8. Know that the dreams of the nation lie buried
Simmering deep down with what they simmer

9. But after a while they will be resurrected
And the day will dawn when they are chanted

10. Truth slumbers then wakes raging
Destroying what darkness built and crushing it

11. Tomorrow, if the weak rouse themselves in fury
We shall know who among us will be swept away in blood

12. To where his hands reap what they sowed
And the sower of torment will surely regret

13. You will drink the cups of life and find joy
Listening to the truth being spoken

14. When life makes you drink from its cup
Whose dregs are bitter and unpleasant

15. When the tyrant is stunned beneath his chains
Shrieking from life’s agonies and understanding