1. The zebras roam freely, by God what harm could befall them,
If we saw your figure wandering in the ruins,

2. And what is it that you fear, if they were to say:
"So-and-so has become your slave."

3. They have forbidden slavery, but they have not forbidden,
The slavery of passion that holds you in its grasp,

4. And Egypt has become a place of comfort for them,
While you are in the thickets, a comfort for yourself,

5. It would not have been easy for them to see its Nile,
If in our swords there was a glimpse of you.