1. I'm amazed at how the days frighten me,
And how misfortunes flow from my resolves.

2. How did I waver when trying to achieve my goal?
No part of me strayed into misguidance.

3. The passage of nights has made my insight easy,
And my heart has grown used to afflictions.

4. When I aspire with a proud soul,
No supporters stand, nor loyal friend hastens.

5. How an envious heart silently scorns me,
Though when it tries to speak, glories silence it.

6. It dons the garb of nights, unaware
That no critic has walked in my place.

7. I've parted from the morals of this age and its people.
I'm amazed that no blames have reached me.

8. I've experienced their states with glances,
Witnessing what consequences they lead to.

9. If your endeavor isn't by the sword for supremacy,
Then the sought bows not, nor does the seeker attain.

10. When I tried to gently reproach a people,
Their smoothness dried me up like the clouds.

11. As if ruin was kindled only for my sake,
And wonders were created only for me.