1. Those who prepared to meet you
O house, who finds your affection sweet
١. غُرّي الذين تأهّبوا للقاكِ
يادارَ من يستعذبونَ مداكِ
2. The planters on the road, their poisons
The wounders, roses with thorns
٢. الزارعون على الطريق سمومهم
الجارحـــون الورد بالأشواكِ
3. Why should I care if when I say peace, their birds
Above the heads, confuse them with my confusion?!
٣. مالي إذا قلت السلامَ طيورهم
فوق الرؤوس يؤزهم إرباكي ؟!
4. With their plotting and my consciousness, I exceeded a step
So they urged the soil on the edge of your vision
٤. برميمهم وعيِيْ تجاوز خطوةً
فحثا التراب على شفير رؤاكِ
5. For arrogance, clouds frequented
By those swimming at the peak of the galaxies
٥. للكبرياء سحائبٌ يرتادها
السابحون بذروةِ الأفلاكِ
6. And the humility is fragile and delicate
They scramble for the sobbing echo
٦. وعرى التذلل هشّةٌ ورقيقها
يتهافتون على الصدى المتباكي
7. The prisoner lived with his devoted mind
When it seized his arrogant time
٧. عاش السجين بعقلهِ متفانيًا
حين استبدّ بوقتهِ المتــــذاكي
8. He was thrown free into the abyss of his oblivion
Who was not brought near the issue of realization!
٨. قد زُجَّ حرًّا في غياهب غيِّــهِ
من لم يُدَنْ بقضيّةِ الإدراكِ!