كيف خَلاصُ الحُرِّ منْ بِذْلةٍ
أم كيف تبقى نفسهُ حُرَّهْ
How can a free man escape abasement?
Or how can his soul remain free,
وهو إلى آخِرِ أيَّامِهِ
يَدْأبُ للخِرْقَةِ والكِسْرَهْ
when, to the very end of his days,
he toils for a rag and a crust?
Sol 5.6