1. ألا أُذُنٌ تُصْغي إليّ سَميعَةٌ

    أُحَدِّثُها بالصِّدْقِ ما صَنَعَ المَوْتُ

    Is there no attentive ear to listen to me,

    that I may tell it truthfully what death has done?

  2. مَدَدْتُ لكُمْ صَوْتي بأوّاهُ حَسْرَة

    علَى ما بَدا منْكُمْ فلَمْ يُسْمَعِ الصّوتُ

    I raised my voice to you with an anguished 'Alas!'

    over what you have shown, yet the voice went unheard.

  3. هوَ القَدَرُ الآتِي على كُلِّ أمّةٍ

    فتُوبُوا سِراعاً قبْلَ أن يَقَع الفَوْتُ

    It is the fate that comes upon every nation;

    so repent swiftly before it is too late.