1. For Allah is the best bonus of life
And to Him belong the Supreme and furnishings of every adorned palace

2. People cannot erase His book
How so when His decree does not change

3. He leveled and then closed without the dome of His throne
Seven heavens above the pillar of the litter

4. And the earth beneath them as a steady cradle
Its mountains established by the grip of peg

5. And the water and fire are among His signs
In them is an admonition for those who do not ignore

6. Rather, all your efforts are in vain except piety
So when a thing ends it is as if it never happened

7. If something were everlasting, the protected
Ones would roam the pastures freely

8. With their shade and leaves of basil, and beneath
A rugged mountain their yards slipping with smooth stone

9. Or one with extensions, no land surrounding
Covering the confused like unleashed sins

10. In its fang a curve exceeding its cheek
And opposing the highest behind the lowest

11. So the corruption of time afflicted it
And its fangs became like fragmented glass

12. Dawn had seen the darkness of his friend
Among the standing of his sword and scabbard

13. They bid farewell a farewell when his separation was right
So the departing one met farewell who did not neglect

14. Their embrace folded and dawn beneath
Between the dust and the tilting of the skull

15. And Lu'bud had certainly flowed, so the corruption of time overtook his flow
And he had not been burdened

16. When Lu'bud saw the eagles take flight
He lifted the newcomers like a poor unarmed man

17. Beneath him Luqman hoped for its ascension
And Luqman had seen he would not be idle

18. The nights overcame the progeny of Muharriq
And as they did to Tubba and to Hiraql

19. And they overcame Abraha whom they befriended
He had supposedly immortalized atop the pavilion of Ma'kil

20. And Al-Harith the warrior lived intelligently
In a house he resided and did not move

21. His treasures flowed upon who succeeded him
Like the Euphrates over the bed of a stream

22. Until his family and leader bore it
And their master stayed and did not burden

23. And the eloquent poets I see them
Take the path of Muraqqish and Muhallil