1. These streets are no different streets
Six by six is their width altogether
١. هذي الشوارع لا شوارع غيرها
ستٌ بستٍّ عرضها شبارا
2. The animal has shared them with the company of man
Where it walked through them and walked
٢. قد شارك الحيوان فيها معشرَ الا
نسان حيث سرى بها وسارا
3. Away with it from an accursed partnership
That has left us disgrace and belittlement
٣. بُعداً لها من شركةٍ ملعونةٍ
قد أورثتنا حطةً وصِغارا
4. How much we asked to annul it, we are answered
By the authorities "who can prevent what is fated?"
٤. كم قد سألنا فسخها فيجيبنا
ذو الشأن من ذا يمنع لا قدرا