1. The Romans have pounced upon Marrakesh
And divided it through cooperation and skirmishing

2. As if it were amongst the thickets a hunted quarry
In capturing it they commit the utmost outrage

3. Woe betide a country whose people
Are ardent in the heat of holy war and zeal

4. They die for Arabism, honor, truth and Islam
In Marrakesh

5. The swords have no power over the cannons
For us to see the fighting as litigation and contention

6. The French and the Spanish jostle
In those lands through hostility and abrasion

7. When will we make their iron run with our iron
And the settling of accounts be through discussion