1. Glory is disgraced, dignity crumbling,
You have wasted time, lost all opportunities,

2. Each day a calamity, each valley filled with grief,
What is your purpose in this life, what do you hope for?

3. For every free soul, death awaits in your lands,
You are still haunted by the wounds of your past,

4. That make eyes weep and hearts bleed,
Have you despaired or still believe you will fade?

5. Beliefs can harm or help,
Temple of tyranny, your faith is false,

6. Every sin finds a place in your halls,
Nations like camel bones crumble into dust,

7. Scattered across the sands of time,
Their exiled children strangers in their own lands,

8. A cheering crowd, an ear that hears,
Misguided, some preachers face the fire, others the cannon,

9. In adversity, each hopes for fortune,
After struggle, no reward comes to relieve,

10. Shattered in the battle of life, believing
That jihad is division and conflict,

11. Called to sacrifice, they disperse,
Called to plunder, they assemble,

12. No bright star shines on their horizon,
Except the grave, their final destination.

13. O East, time flows relentlessly,
Night surrounds you, ruin and darkness prevail,

14. The road is long, your valleys filled with strife,
Behind your face, serpents more vile,

15. Below your dawn, a feverish cloud,
Seething with venom, a poison well,

16. O East, your history a nation's leap,
Seeking life, your sights set high,

17. I fear for you, lost in fruitless dreams,
That which is missed will never return.