أَأَخَيَّ هَوَّنتَ الحِما

مَ وَكانَ يَضعُفُ عَنهُ عَزمي

Oh brother, have you made the burden lighter

While my resolve was too weak for it?

لِمَ لا أُهَوِّنُهُ وَقَد

قَدَّمتُ روحِيَ قَبلَ جِسمي

Why shouldn't I make it lighter when

I have put my soul before my body?

ما تَشبَعُ الدُنيا وَلا

تُروى بِغَيرِ دَمي وَلَحمي

The world is not sated nor

Quenched but by my blood and flesh