طُرُقُ العُلكا مَجهولَةٌ فَكَأَنَّها

صُمُّ العَدائِدِ ما لَها أَجذارُ

The paths of life are hidden as if they were

Deaf roots with no foundation in the earth;

وَالعَقلُ أَنذَرَنا بِما هُوَ كائِنٌ

في الدَهرِ ثُمَّ تَشَعَّبَ الإِنذارُ

And reason warned us of what was to come

Then warnings spread and branched out far and wide.

أَعذَرتَ طِفلَكَ سالِكاً نَهجَ الهُدى

وَلِذاكَ في طَلَبِ العُلا إِعذارُ

You excused your child walking the path of right,

So seeking the heights had justification.

وَنُحاذِرُ الأَشياءَ بعدَ يَقينِنا

أَن لا يَرُدُّ الكائِناتِ حِذارُ

And we're wary of things even after certainty

That no caution can stop what is destined to be.

بِالصَمتِ يُدرِكُ طامِرٌ ما رامَهُ

وَتَخيبُ مِنهُ بَعوضَةٌ مِهذارُ

With silence Tamir grasps what he hopes to attain,

While from him a bothersome fly is driven away.