بينamong الخرابيشthe makeshift tents لاno عبدmale slave ولاnor أمةfemale slave
بين الخرابيش لا عبد ولا أمة
ولاnor أرقاءslaves فيin أزياءgarments أحرارfree people
ولا أرقاء في أزياء أحرار
Among the makeshift tents, neither bondman nor bondwoman;
Among the ruins, no slave nor servant girl,
Nor slaves in the garb of the free;
No sleepless nights in the guise of the free,
ولاnor جناةcriminals ولاnor أَرضland يضرجهاstains it red
ولا جناة ولا أَرض يضرجها
دمblood زكيinnocent ولاnor أخاذan exactor بالثارof vengeance
دم زكي ولا أخاذ بالثار
Nor criminals, nor land stained red
No paradise nor land watered
By innocent blood, nor anyone exacting vengeance;
With blessed blood or vengeance taken,
ولاnor قضاةjudges ولاnor أحكامjudgments أسلمهاthe most harmless of them
ولا قضاة ولا أحكام أسلمها
برداًin coolness علىupon العدلjustice آتونa furnace منof النارfire
برداً على العدل آتون من النار
Nor judges, nor judgments whose mildest
No judges nor laws surrendered
Is, in its coolness upon justice, a furnace of fire;
With composure to the fire of justice,
ولاnor نضارgold ولاnor دخلincome ضريبتهits tax
ولا نضار ولا دخل ضريبته
تجنىis collected ولاnor بيدرa threshing floor يمنىis afflicted بمعشارwith a tithe
تجنى ولا بيدر يمنى بمعشار
Nor gold, nor income whose tax
No prosperity nor tax revenue
Is collected, nor a threshing floor burdened with a tithe;
To be collected or threshing floor to be blessed with crops,
بينamong الخرابيشthe makeshift tents لاno حرصavarice ولاnor طمعcovetousness
بين الخرابيش لا حرص ولا طمع
ولاnor احترابwarfare علىover فلسa fils (small coin) ودينارand a dinar
ولا احتراب على فلس ودينار
Among the makeshift tents, no avarice nor covetousness;
Among the ruins, no greed nor ambition,
Nor warfare over a fils and a dinar.
No fighting over a coin or dinar,
الكلall زطZutt (Gypsies) مساواةequality محققةrealized
الكل زط مساواة محققة
تنفيerases الفوارقthe distinctions بينbetween الجارthe neighbor والجارand the neighbor
تنفي الفوارق بين الجار والجار
All are Zutt—equality realized,
All are equal, an absolute equality
Which erases distinctions between neighbor and neighbor.
That eliminates differences between neighbor and neighbor.