يَا مَنْ أَطَالَ التَّجَنّي
وَقَدْ أَسَا في التَّوخِّي
O you who have persisted so long in your injustice,
and gone astray in what you sought,
أَسْرَفْتَ تِيهاً وَعُجْباً
وَكثْرةُ الشَّدّ يُرْخِي
you have gone too far in hauteur and conceit—
too much tightening makes the bond go slack.
Sol 5.6