تَرجو يَهودُ المَسيحَ يَأتي

وَتَأمُلُ الدَهرَ أَن يَهودا

The Jews long for the Messiah to come

And time hopes for a Judas

وَكَيفَ تُرعى لَهُم عُهودٌ

مِن بَعدِ ما ضَيّيَعوا العُهودا

And how can pacts be kept for them

After they have squandered their pacts

وَكُلُّ ما عِندَهُم دَعاوٍ

حَتّى يَقيموا بِهِ الشُهودا

And all they have are claims

To establish witnesses with them

غَدَوا وَأَشياخَهُم لِجَهلٍ

كَوِلدَةٍ أَوطَنوا المُهودا

Their elders in the morning are ignorant

Like a woman who bore disgrace

وَلَيسَ بَيتي عَلى الرَوابي

وَإِنَّما آلَفُ الوهودا

My house is not on the hills

Rather, I befriend the lonely