Sol 6.1

  1. باعوا البِلادَ إلى أعدائِهمْ طمَعاً

    بالمالِ لكِنَّما أوطانَهم باعوا

    They sold the country to their enemies out of greed

    for money; yet it was their homelands they sold.

  2. قد يُعذرونَ لو أنَّ الجوعَ أرغمهم

    والله ما عطشوا يوماً ولا جاعوا

    They might be excused had hunger forced them;

    by God, they never thirsted a day, nor went hungry.

  3. وبلغة العار عند الجوع تلفظها

    نفس لها عن قبول العار رادع

    And shame-tainted sustenance, even in hunger, is spat out

    by a soul with scruples against accepting shame.

  4. تلك البلادُ إذا قلتَ اسمُها وطنٌ

    لا يفهمون ودون الفَهْم أطماعُ

    That country—if you call it a homeland—

    they do not understand; greed stands in understanding's way.

  5. أعداؤنا منذُ كانوا صَيارفةٌ

    ونحنُ منذ هبطنا الأَرضَ زُرَّاعُ

    Our enemies have been money changers ever since they existed,

    and we have been farmers since we came down to earth.

  6. لَمْ تَعكسوا آيةَ الخلاَّقِ بل رجعت

    إلى اليهودِ بكم قُربى وأطباعُ

    You have not reversed the Creator's order; rather, you were brought back

    to the Jews by kinship and innate traits.

  7. يا بائعَ الأرضِ لم تحفِلْ بعاقبةٍ

    ولا تعلَّمتَ أنَّ الخصم خدّاعُ

    O seller of the land, you paid no heed to the outcome,

    nor did you learn that the adversary is deceitful.

  8. لقد جنيتَ على الأحفادِ وا لهفي

    وهم عبيدٌ وخُدَّامٌ وأتباعُ

    You have indeed wronged your descendants—oh, my anguish!

    And they are slaves, servants, and followers.

  9. وغرك الذهبُ اللماعُ تُحْرزُهُ

    إن السَّرابَ كما تدريه لمَّاعُ

    And the glittering gold you acquire has deceived you;

    indeed, the mirage, as you know, also glitters.

  10. فكَّرْ بموتكَ في أرضٍ نشأتَ بها

    واتركْ لقبركَ أرضاً طولها باعُ

    Think of your death in the land where you grew up,

    and leave for your grave a plot of land an armspan long.