"Sorrow and Tears"

Our homeland for thirty long painful years
Has known nothing but sorrow and tears

We Afghans have to do more than just pray
to make our tomorrow better than our today

We Afghans must all decide to make a stand
to rid religious extremism from our homeland

We ourselves know what our own people need
We must make sure all of our children can read

Or who knows how many more long painful years
Our land will know nothing but sorrow and tears