1. أراعك مني أنني رجل حرّ

    وأَنِّيَ لا نهنئٌ عليَّ ولا أمرُ

    Did it alarm you that I am a free man,

    And that no prohibition [uncertain reading] or command is imposed on me,

  2. وأني الفتى يمسى على الموت صابراً

    وأما على ذل فليس له صبر

    And that I am the youth who remains patient in the face of death,

    But has no patience for humiliation?