1. When passion plays with every free man,
I praise my patience and thank my composure.

2. I prefer distance over intimacy,
I hide my love and conceal my secret.

3. I give no chance for my blamer,
Nor heal my enemy by exposing my faults.

4. I wrestled with the vicissitudes of days until
I knew their course from where it flows.

5. Time yielded when it saw me
Meet every hardship with my chest.

6. The days did not blame my color,
Nor did adversity bring down my high worth.

7. When the pride of a people is mentioned,
Brandishing the sword in battle is my pride.

8. I rose to the highs and ascended until
I saw the stars beneath me flowing.

9. And others who strove and returned,
Perplexed, seeing no trace of my path.