1. حرب وهذي بعدها حرب

    لا ينتهي في العالم الكرب

    War, and after this one, war.

    Anguish in the world knows no end.

  2. قد عاد أدنى ما نحاذره

    في الملمات الطعن والضرب

    Now the least of what we dread

    Amid calamities is stabbing and blows.

  3. يا ليت شعري ما يكون غدا

    من حال هذا الخلق يا رب

    Would that I knew what tomorrow holds

    For the lot of these people, O Lord.

  4. الظل يسدر في غوايته

    لا يرعوي عجم ولا عرب

    The shadow persists blindly in its waywardness.

    Neither non-Arabs nor Arabs take heed.

  5. أم يغتدون وهم سواسية

    لا الشرق مظلوم ولا الغرب

    Or will they go forth in the morning as equals,

    Neither East nor West oppressed?