يا دَهرُ ماذا الطُروقُ بِالأَلَمِ

حامٍ لَنا عَن بَقِيَّةِ الكَرَمِ

O fate, why the separation with pain

Bearing for us the rest of generosity

إِن كُنتَ لا بُدَّ آخِذاً عِوَضاً

فَخُذ حَياتي وَدَع حَيا الأُمَمِ

If you must take a price

Then take my life and leave the lives of nations

لا دَرَّ دَرُّ السَقامِ كَيفَ رَمى

طَبيبَ آمالِنا مِنَ السَقَمِ

No harm in the flowing of disease, how it aimed

At the healer of our hopes against the illness