إذا أتانا أمير لم يقل لهم

إذا أتانا أمير لم يقل لهم

هيداً وجالت بنامنه الأحابيل

هيداً وجالت بنامنه الأحابيل

Whenever a ruler came to us, he did not say to them,

If a prince comes to us, does not say "welcome" to them,

'Hold!' And the snares whirled [unclear word in the supplied text].

And his dreams are filled with wickedness,

وعض مجهودنا الأقصى وحمله

وعض مجهودنا الأقصى وحمله

من المظالم ما لا يحمل الفيل

من المظالم ما لا يحمل الفيل

And he gnawed at our utmost strength and burdened it

And he takes our utmost efforts and burdens us

With injustices that an elephant could not bear.

With so much injustice, even an elephant cannot bear,