هذه الدور في الجزائر تترى

هذه الدور في الجزائر تترى

هاويات ترتج فيها ارتجاجا

هاويات ترتج فيها ارتجاجا

These houses in Algeria, one after another,

These homes in Algeria do tremble

These houses in Algiers crumble in succession,

Fall, shuddering there with violent tremors.

Quaking with tremors unsettled

Plunging into the abyss, shaking with violent tremors;

كثر العسف بالخليقة فيها

كثر العسف بالخليقة فيها

فعسى الإرتجاج منها احتجاجا

فعسى الإرتجاج منها احتجاجا

Oppression of humankind has increased there;

Oppression has flourished within

Tyranny against the people has grown rampant therein,

So perhaps its shaking is a protest.

May the quakes arise in protest

So perhaps this quaking is an act of protest.