1. إِنْ تَكُونُوا حُمَاتَهَا وَبنِيهَا

    مَا لِتِلْكَ الذِّئَابِ تَعتَسُّ فِيهَا

    If you are her protectors and her sons,

    why do those wolves prowl within her?

  2. أَفَترْضَوْنَ أَنْ تَهُونَ عَتِيداً

    بَعدَ ذَاكَ الإِبَاءِ فِي مَاضِيها

    Will you then consent to her humiliation in days to come,

    after that proud defiance in her past?

  3. تِلْكَ أَوْطَانُكُمْ تُبلعُ عَلَيْكُمْ

    صَفْقَةً بَخْسَةً فَمَنْ مُشْتَرِيها

    Those are your homelands, being swallowed up at your expense,

    in a paltry bargain—who, then, is their buyer?