1. وكنّا متى ما نلتمس بسيوفِنا

    طوائلَ ترجعنا وفينا الطَّوائِل

    And whenever we sought with our swords

    Vengeance, they brought us back with blood-debts against us.

  2. ويأمن فينا جارنا وعيوننا

    وترقد عنا في المُحول العواذل

    And our neighbor and our eyes are safe among us;

    And in droughts the reproaching women sleep, leaving us alone.

  3. نهمّ فتعطينا المنايا قِيادَها

    وتُلقي إلينا ما تُكِنّ المعاقل

    We resolve, and the fates of death yield us their reins;

    And the strongholds cast to us what they conceal.