1. O duck, swimming endlessly without fatigue,
As the water dances at the end of its tail within.

2. The light rejects dyes and ornaments
In the feathers, and the water - how we salute it!

3. You are the teacher of mankind, you taught it
Some for others - lessons in their meanings.

4. You have surpassed in your harmony of beauty
Jewels you have, and you bloom in your landscapes.

5. Why does the narcissus I yearn for its buds
Avoid my sight, as if shunning me?

6. While you are the east of faith and philosophy
As if you rule the world and all in it.

7. The duck surpassed some people in manners
Until its manners for people give remedy.

8. It flew away from them, fleeing their sins
And it never stopped being a nation raising its goals.

9. No group of it betrays its brethren
Nor is affection found in those who oppose it.

10. While people’s pleasure is to spoil each other
And demolish their world and what they built.

11. When will I see them like ducks in sentiment
And birds, loyal in their sublime goals?

12. When will I see this and my hopes in them forever
They live the miracle I still hope for?

13. When will I see love in them not persecuted
Or principles honored by their people?

14. O you who tramples my love and exhausts it
That is my soul - souls for its witness!

15. Be gentle, for I am not accused
I sold it to no one, not to those who opposed it.

16. I asked for it no money nor compensation
No praise, no memories to console it.