مـنfrom بعدafter سجنimprisonment أربعينforty يوماًdays
مـن بعد سجن أربعين يوماً
كــأنهنas though they were ســجنimprisonment الـفa thousand عـامyears
كــأنهن ســجن الـف عـام
After forty days of imprisonment,
as though they were a thousand years in prison,
أصبحتI have become إنif اكلتI eat خبزيmy bread حافاًwithout accompaniment
أصبحت إن اكلت خبزي حافاً
جعلـتI make مـنout of حريـتيmy freedom إداميmy relish
جعلـت مـن حريـتي إدامي
now, if I eat my bread plain,
I make my freedom my relish.