My sleepy consciousness, you had enough of dreams,
You, clouds, go away, chased out by the sunbeams.
Blind and confused, I’m desperate and tired,
O, pull me out of darkness – where’s my guide?
I’m so deep in the abyss, throw me a thread,
Which I can hold on to, otherwise I’m dead.
You’ve inspired me, the brightest torch of truth!
Without the light you shed, the sun’s no use.
Reveal your glory; coming are the days
When darkness falls and light forever stays.
Instead of bread I swallow only stones,
My legs are weak and fragile are my bones.
I tried to catch a bird, instead I got a frog,
It’s hard to see, I’m helpless in the fog.
I befriend an evil foe while punishing my peer.
I don’t have a heart so I pierce him with a spear.
I’m waiting for the light that’ll show me the way,
Don’t go down, sun, please shine another day.
My consciousness lies dormant, it’ll wake up again,
The noble soul of mine I promise to regain.
On the ground the eagle fell but he is born to reign.
1908
В оригинале на татарском: Өмид
В переводе на русский язык: Надежда (Перевод В.Думаевой-Валиевой)