1. Hunger prevails, so bring the grass, bring it
Don't tell me of meat, if I'm patient it will come

2. My masters take priority, since they pillaged
All my rights and wreaked havoc on my life

3. Don't tell me the worms have spoiled it
The worms, although they insult my constitution, have a right to live like me

4. What wrong have they done, other than my wrong or harm?
They praised me just as they damned me

5. Praise and curse are equal to my essence
If only they had fed or clothed me

6. My misery is the anticipation of my death throes
These diseases have left me with only

7. A gasp trampled by the feet of the oppressors
Will I tomorrow regain my strength

8. Or cast off my sighs?
If only until my scream fades

9. And each villain is punished
Hurry, for time is harsh and unforgiving

10. A slave's time is from the time of the tyrants
Make haste, do not dream deluded

11. And leave me to my worries, my lass
Maybe one day the bitter gourd will fruit

12. Rather, poisons for the tyrannical demons
Many a plant downtrodden underfoot

13. Did not accept being lowly vegetation
And went proliferating, destroying

14. The towering trees - so go the disobedient
Such is my state and philosophy

15. And my struggle between patience and prayer
If my ignorance and poverty are the cause

16. Of my persecution, then the time for vengeance is coming