يا لَحظهُ في سُويدا القَلبِ فَتكها

يا لَحظهُ في سُويدا القَلبِ فَتكها

وَكلُّ فَتكٍ بِهذا الفَتكِ أَنساني

وَكلُّ فَتكٍ بِهذا الفَتكِ أَنساني

O his glance—its deadly assault strikes the heart’s black core!

O moment in Sweed's heart so suddenly lethal

And with this assault, it made me forget every other deadly assault.

And every sudden lethality with this lethal is humane

وَفي السُّويدا رِجالٌ كُنتُ أَعهَدُهم

وَفي السُّويدا رِجالٌ كُنتُ أَعهَدُهم

فَقالَ ما في السُّويدا غير إِنسانِ

فَقالَ ما في السُّويدا غير إِنسانِ

And in the black core were men I used to know.

And in Sweed I knew men

Then he said, “There is nothing in the black core but a human being.”

Who said there is nothing in Sweed but human