1. أَشْهَرْتُ حَرفَ البِدايَهْ

    مِن صَباحِ الصُّبْحْ

    I brandished the opening letter

    From the morning of dawn,

  2. ورَاحْ حَرفي يَدُوس

    الجَمرَ في كُلِّ الطُّرُقْ

    And my letter began to tread

    The embers on every road,

  3. مِن الطّريقِ المُكْبِرْ

    إلى الطّريقِ الذي لا يَعرِفُ الرّاحهْ

    From the early-starting road

    To the road that knows no rest.

  4. ماناشْ مِن اللِّي يَقَعْ

    بينَ الحَلا والمُرّ

    I am not one of those who fall

    Between sweetness and bitterness,

  5. ويقتَسِم نُصّ بنُصّ

    مِن شِدَّةِ الفَجعَهْ

    And share half and half

    Out of sheer fright.

  6. أنا طريقِي طَويلْ

    أعرِفْ خُيُوطَ الضِّياعْ

    As for me, my road is long.

    I know the threads of loss,

  7. وكيف تمشي حُرُوفَ الصِّدْقْ بالضّاحَهْ

    لا تَفجَعُوني بصَوتَ الطّاعَةِ العَميَا

    And how the letters of truth walk in the open square.

    Do not frighten me with the voice of blind obedience,

  8. أو تغْمِزُولي بعَينِ اللّيلْ

    والفَجْعَهْ

    Or wink at me with the eye of night

    And fright.

  9. أنا طَريقِي طَوِيلْ

    As for me, my road is long.