لَسناwe are not كَمَنlike those who حَلَّتsettled إيادٌIyad دارَهاtheir home
لَسنا كَمَن حَلَّت إيادٌ دارَها
تَكريتَTikrit تَنظُرُawaits حَبَّهاtheir grain أَنto يُحصَداbe harvested
تَكريتَ تَنظُرُ حَبَّها أَن يُحصَدا
We are not like Iyad, who made their home
We are not like those whose homes are furnished by bounty
In Tikrit, waiting for their grain to be harvested.
You deny, yet expect their love for you to be reaped