طَلَبتُ المُستَقَرَّ بِكُلِّ أَرضٍ

فَلَم أَرَ لي بِأَرضٍ مُستَقَرّا

I sought a home in every land

But found no place to call my own

أَطَعتُ مَطامِعي فَاِستَعبَدَتني

وَلَو أَنّي قَنِعتُ لَكُنتُ حُرّا

I served ambitions and was enslaved

Had I been satisfied I would be free