أوصَدوا البابَ وقالوا علَّنا

نتَّقي زَحْفَ الأعادي من هُنا

They bolted the door and said, "Thus

we can avoid the enemy's onslaught from here."

صَرَخاتُ الخوْف في أحْشائهمْ

جَعَلتْ لليَأسِ منْهمْ مَسْكَنا

Their screams of fear

made despair for them a dwelling.

كَذِبٌ لمْ يبلغوا مأمنَهم

ليْسَ بالأحلامِ تُصْطادُ المنى

It's a lie - they didn't reach their refuge.

One cannot hunt wishes through dreams.

أتُراهمْ جَهلوا أنَّ لَنا

فوقَ هاماتِ المَنايا مَوْطِنا؟

Could they not know that we have

a dwelling place beyond the skulls of death?