1  Woe to the ^xbloody city,

all full of lies and plunder—

no end to the prey!

2  The crack of the whip, and rumble of the wheel,

galloping horse and bounding chariot!

3  Horsemen charging,

flashing sword and ^yglittering spear,

hosts of slain,

heaps of corpses,

dead bodies without end—

they stumble over the bodies!

4  And all for the countless whorings of the ^zprostitute,

graceful and of deadly ^acharms,

who betrays nations with her whorings,

and peoples with her charms.