1. You were created free like the breeze’s wafting,
And free like the light of dawn in its sky.

2. You sing like a bird wherever you go,
And chant what the divine revelation inspires.

3. You frisk amidst the flowers of dawn
And delight in light wherever you see it.

4. You walk as you wish amid the meadows
And pluck rosebuds in the thickets.

5. God made you so, O child of existence,
And cast you into this life.

6. Why then do you accept the humiliation of shackles
And bow to those who put halters on you?

7. Why smother in your soul the loud voice of life
When it sings its anthem?

8. Why close your bright eyelids to the dawn
When dawn is sweet and luminous?

9. Why be content to live in caves
Where are the songs and where are the paeans?

10. Do you fear the lovely hymn of the skies?
Does the light in open space terrify you?

11. Arise and go on the path of life.
Those who sleep, life does not wait for them!

12. Have no fear of what lies behind the ridges,
There is nothing beyond them but the lovely dawn.

13. There is only the burgeoning existence’s spring
Embroidering its hem with roses.

14. There is only the fragrance of dawning blossoms
And sunbeams dancing among the water brooks.

15. There is only the elegant, singing pigeon
Warbling freely in full-throated ease.

16. Toward the light! The light is sweet and beautiful.
Toward the light! The light is God’s shade.