أَيَرْكَبُهَا هَذَا فَتَنْتَهِبُ الثَّرَى

وَتَنْهَبُ رِجْلَيَّ الْحَصَى وَالْجَنَادِلُ؟!

Does he ride it to ravage the meadow

And ravage my feet with pebbles and shackles?!

رَضِيتُ رِضَاءَ الْيَأْسِ، وَالْيَأْسُ رَاحَةٌ

وَأَتْعَبُ خَلْقِ اللهِ فِي النَّاسِ آمِلُ!

I have accepted the contentment of despair, and despair is rest

Yet I tire all of God's creation with hope among people!