أُجاهِدُ بِالظَهارَةِ حينَ أَشتو

أُجاهِدُ بِالظَهارَةِ حينَ أَشتو

وَذاكَ جِهادُ مِثلي وَالرِباطُ

وَذاكَ جِهادُ مِثلي وَالرِباطُ

I struggle in an unlined garment through the winter;

I struggle at noon when I yearn

such is the struggle and frontier vigil of one like me.

And that is the struggle of one like me and devotion

مَضى كانونُ ما استَعمَلتُ فيهِ

مَضى كانونُ ما استَعمَلتُ فيهِ

حَميمَ الماءِ فَاِقدُم ياسُباطُ

حَميمَ الماءِ فَاِقدُم ياسُباطُ

Kanun has passed; throughout it I never used

The month of January has passed in which

hot water—so come forward, Subat!

I did not use hot water, so move on O youth

تُشابِهُ أَنفُسَ الحَشَراتِ نَفسي

تُشابِهُ أَنفُسَ الحَشَراتِ نَفسي

يَكونُ لَهُنَّ بِالصَيفِ اِرتِباطُ

يَكونُ لَهُنَّ بِالصَيفِ اِرتِباطُ

My soul resembles the souls of insects:

My soul resembles the souls of insects

they have a bond with summer.

They have an attachment in summer

لَقَد رَقَدَ المَعاشِرُ في ثَراهُم

لَقَد رَقَدَ المَعاشِرُ في ثَراهُم

فَما هَبَّ الجِعادُ وَلا السِباطُ

فَما هَبَّ الجِعادُ وَلا السِباطُ

The peoples have indeed lain asleep in their soil;

The companies have certainly slept in their beds

so neither the curly-haired nor the straight-haired have awakened.

So neither the locusts nor the lions have risen