1. We are but for perishing
Though we aspire for eternality

2. We are given and deprived by Him
Who granted us enjoyment of bestowal

3. And death is a malady that has
No remedy with physicians

4. And people among us are all
Between despair or hope

5. Where are those who were given to drink
By days the cups of comfort

6. And possessed the meadows of the world
And towered over the peaks of loftiness

7. And you see by the threshold of their homes
Prostrated the zeal and glory

8. And those drawing upon the bowstrings
Of sovereignty the bows of elevation

9. And those satiated with blessings
As they wished and wealth

10. And those marching with around them
The lion of evil under the banner

11. And those assaulting adversity
And the day passes by in blood

12. They were not content with being hauled
To it for the meeting

13. Of every hand filled with capability
And forehead filled with bashfulness

14. His hands flow with whatever
The hopeful wishes of generosity

15. And you see him like an eagle
Who glanced at prey from loftiness

16. He never went astray though they
Betrayed him, the ways of loyalty

17. And cast him into the darkness of misfortune
In the morn or eve

18. They entered but into that
Which they do not accept of seclusion

19. And when you call them they are
Deaf of hearing from prayer

20. And they sought deliverance when
The ways of deliverance were blocked before them

21. And turned away as the zealot turns
From luxury and misery

22. And you see them in the straits
Of regions from that expanse

23. And they scattered by the hand of oblivion
Behind the waves like dust

24. And hot winds are with them when
They were robbed of feelings like winter

25. There is not in misery what is in it
Of contention and dispute

26. And if you look to the zealot
Then there is no cover for your eye

27. Leave wondering over motes
And take wondering over clarity

28. O temporality! What is between luxury
That pleases you and bereavement

29. Lower over yourself and stop following
What passed by the hand of destiny

30. And if you remain then say to us
Can a dead live by weeping

31. And fear is doubtful superstition
It is only for women

32. And your brother was destroyed by Him
Who was the way to brotherhood

33. Did you know who scorned you before
And who turned away from loving you

34. Perishing in calamity is not
Loyalty with intimacy

35. And other than perseverance in calamity
If it comes to you from tribulation

36. And from trials emerged a progeny
You reap that your fathers sowed

37. And if you remain then do not blame
Who singled out others for perishing

38. And quenched your brother from the earth
The pouring of irrigating

39. The clamor of chanting is your state
Filled vessel of lament

40. And a mercy poured forth
Is better for him than a torrent of water