ما أَغرَبَ اليُسْرَ لَدى عُسرَةٍ

خَطَّت بِآذاني حروفَ الطَّرشْ

How strange is ease after hardship

Engraved on my ears are letters of joy

وَفَرحَتي فيهِ لَدى شِدَّةٍ

كَفَرحَتي بِالماءِ عِندَ العَطشْ

And my happiness in it during adversity

Is like my happiness with water when thirsty