1. The generous people are gone, and I was among them,
Like kohl in the eye of one with vision.

2. Time has destroyed them with its passing,
Not distinguishing elder from younger.

3. And misfortune was left to me among people
Who deal in separation and evil.

4. It is enough for them and me that I see them
As a rich man looks upon a pauper.

5. The fallen people arose, so I was thrown among them,
Like a lost kohl stick in the eye of the blind.