1. يا هاجس الشعر لا تبخل

    على محبك وأشجانه

    O muse of poetry, do not be stingy

    Toward your lover and his sorrows.

  2. الغول في دارنا طول

    وعض عقلي بأسنانه

    The ghoul has stayed too long in our home

    And bitten my mind with its teeth.

  3. ومعشر الظلم يتجوّل

    بداخل الحول وأركانه

    And the company of oppression roams

    Inside the field and its corners.

  4. والشعب جاوع ويتسوّل

    والجسم باقي بعيدانه

    And the people are starving and begging,

    And the body remains, all sticks.

  5. لابد نبدأ من الأول

    ونحفظ الدرس وأحزانه

    We must begin from the beginning

    And memorize the lesson and its sorrows,

  6. ولا نعوّل على "بركل"

    أو نتكي فوق أعدانه

    And not rely on "Barkal"

    Or lean upon its branches.

  7. الظلم لابد ما يرحل

    والموت يأتي بأكفانه

    Oppression must surely depart,

    And death comes with its shrouds.