1 Woe to the bloody city,

all full of lies and booty—

no end to the plunder!

2 The crack of whip, and rumble of wheel,

galloping horse and bounding chariot!

3 Horsemen charging,

flashing sword and glittering spear,

hosts of slain,

heaps of corpses,

dead bodies without end—

they stumble over the bodies!

4 And all for the countless harlotries of the harlot,

graceful and of deadly charms,

who betrays nations with her harlotries,

and peoples with her charms.