الصبر في الحر مرّ
وكل صبر يسرّ
For the freeborn, patience is bitter,
yet every act of patience brings joy.
وكل يوم يكور
عليّ فيك يكرّ
And every day comes wheeling round,
renewing its charge against you, where you are concerned.
يا من تملّك قلبي
بحسن لفظ يغرّ
O you who possess my heart
with the beauty of a phrase that beguiles—
لو كان في الأرض حرّ
ما مسّني فيك ضرّ
had there been a freeborn soul on earth,
no harm on your account would have touched me.
Sol 5.6