إذا أنا بلغت نفسي المنى

من رشأ ما زال لي ممرضا

If I attain what I desire

Once I have granted my soul its deepest wish

Though the path be full of woe

from a fawn who has never ceased to make me lovesick,

فما أبالي الكرة من طاعةٍ

ولا أبالي سخطاً من رضا

Little care I for men's sway

I care not whether met with aversion or compliance,

Little care I for their wrath.

nor do I heed displeasure versus favor.

إذا وجدت الماء لا بد أن

أطفي به مشعل جمر الغضا

When I find the fountain's wave

For whenever I find water, I surely must

I must slake the burning glow.

quench with it the blazing embers of the ghada wood.