هذه الدور في الجزائر تترى

هاويات ترتج فيها ارتجاجا

These homes in Algeria do tremble

These houses in Algiers crumble in succession,

Quaking with tremors unsettled

Plunging into the abyss, shaking with violent tremors;

كثر العسف بالخليقة فيها

فعسى الإرتجاج منها احتجاجا

Oppression has flourished within

Tyranny against the people has grown rampant therein,

May the quakes arise in protest

So perhaps this quaking is an act of protest.