1. Who are we, O Sorrow, O Orphan?
Dead yet claiming, alleging

2. We drag, neither moving nor bending
Neither awake nor asleep are we

3. Dozing without sleep, waking without
Wakefulness, seeing naught, dreaming naught

4. How the world laughs and grieves sadly
While we neither weep nor smile

5. No more does laughter make us laugh
Our pains no longer cause us pain

6. Joys have lost their colors
In the veins of grief, blood has dried

7. What is it? Are we used to our torments
Or we no longer perceive taste or food?

8. Streets of oil engulf us
Spew us to the winds or digest us

9. While the ruled lord in his abode
In our abode, the greatest despot!

10. Our country was, and our heroes
Were men before they ruled

11. It is said: they were zealous patriots
Today, they wish not to understand

12. They rose at the dawn of bombardment but
On the day of the revolution’s victory, surrendered

13. After a year, they changed their color
After days, forgot who they were

14. O my homeland, whom do you call here?
Hush...why? You do not know

15. That he who is long of life is not pleased
With love that calls...or an echo that inspires

16. Do you think I should forget my yearning
So that the tyrant may be reassured?

17. Silence is safer...Good! But in
The fire of my silence, Yemen is forced

18. This is my country, and here are my brothers
Hush, behave...a fugitive felon

19. But why? My family built here
Homes, and here they camped

20. In every inch truths reveal themselves
From their steps or a season flourishes

21. These pebbles are from some of their remains
From their flesh, these solid rocks

22. This glow from the blaze of their eyes
From their visions, these stars

23. I still know this is my homeland
Why not call it, when I have a mouth?