1. يا مَنْ يَداكَ دَمٌ لا تَبْقَ مُنْتَظِرَا

    إذا دَعَوْتَ السَّمَا أَنْ تُدْرِكَ المَطَرَا

    O you with blood on your hands, do not keep waiting

    to receive the rain when you call upon heaven.

  2. إرْحَمْ أخاكَ وسامِحْ إن لَقِيتَ أذًى

    يَسْمَعْ دُعاءَكَ رَبٌّ يَرْحَمُ البَشَرَا

    Have mercy on your brother, and forgive if you suffer harm;

    a Lord who has mercy on humankind will hear your prayer.

  3. ما لي أرَى النَّاسَ والإجْرامُ ببَيْنَهُمُ

    فَلا يُعِيرونَهُ سَمْعًا ولا بَصَرَا

    Why do I see people, with crime in their midst,

    yet giving it neither a hearing nor a glance?

  4. ولا يُحَرِّكُهُمْ مِنْ حُزْنِ ثاكِلَةٍ

    لَطْمٌ عَلَى الخَدِّ أودَمْعٌ عَلَيْهِ جَرَى ؟!

    Nor are they stirred, as a bereaved mother grieves,

    by slaps upon her cheek or tears that flow down it?!

  5. لا عُذْرَ! إنْ سَكَتُوا ماتُوا عَلَى مَضَضٍ

    فلا يَلومَنَّ مِنْهُمْ ساكِتٌ قَدَرَا !

    No excuse! If they keep silent, they will die in bitterness;

    so let no silent one among them blame fate!

  6. وقَدْ يَئِسْنا  مِنَ الحُكَّامِ نَسْأَلُهُمْ

    بَعْضَ الأَمَانِ فما ألْقَوْا لنا نَظَرَا

    And we have despaired of the rulers; we ask them

    for a little safety, yet they have not spared us a glance.

  7. ونَحْنُ فِي خَوْفِنا نَمْضِي لِكارِثَةٍ

    تَقْضِي عَلَيْنا ولا تُبْقِي لَنا أَثَرَا

    And in our fear we head toward a catastrophe

    that will destroy us and leave no trace of us.

  8. إنْ لَمْ نَرُدَّ يَدًا لِلْقَتْلِ نُوقِفُهُ

    زالَ الأَمانُ وَزادَ الشَّرُّ وانْتَصَرَا !

    If we do not turn back a hand raised to kill and halt the killing,

    safety will vanish, and evil will grow and triumph!