1. One treaty is revoked, another drawn up
The people vote on it, though coerced

2. The people raise a dagger to the ignorant
Against what’s coming soon, still sheathed

3. As if the usurpers' day has come for them
The night, a turbulent sea

4. As for the leader, he didn't budge
To defend their rights, neither tongue nor hand

5. We had hoped to see him as helper
But the one meant to help does not help

6. The trade of everything is dead for them
Except hypocrisy, which never dies

7. All that's in them is old and ingrained
Except enmity, which is made new

8. The people bound by heavy chains
Until when they stir, they sit back down

9. Some have a lowly hut, some have
A palace lofty as luxuries allow

10. This one indulged by prosperity, that one
Sleeping on straw, having smoothed his bed

11. Had the laurel's branch been soft and green
The nightingale would have perched singing

12. Oh self, the days of rising are far off
And the days of deliverance even farther

13. And a youth they showed death grinning
So his fresh cheek turned sallow

14. They forbade him to speak openly
As if a sharp sword sheathed

15. Oh people, truth is shining white
Like dawn, self-evident

16. If I rejoice, all is white
If I despair, all is black

17. And if I sought the means to wealth through him
I found the door before me barred

18. Heed not the ignorant, for they
Cast unbelief at those who don't reject faith

19. If one who speaks the truth is an unbeliever
Let the heavens and earth witness I'm an unbeliever