1. The hopes of time upon its sons
Are events that have become the worst of hopes

2. Misfortune struck Al-Ramla one day
So it singled out and still clasps embracing

3. Have any mountains or seas been protected
To rescue those dwelling in the sands?

4. What mind has the neighbor of days
To uncover his night and say: what's mine is mine?

5. So do not erect your tents in a place
Where the inhabitants are prone to misfortune

6. And the wings of eagles when death comes to them
Are like the wings of ostriches

7. When beauty declines into ugliness
Sorrow has dragged the bestowed beauty

8. The bird of fortune does not gladden me
So I fear grief from the bird of misfortune

9. A meadow passed and another came but did not
Inform us of the fresh drink

10. Oh home of loss, no deliverance
To go south or north

11. It is injustice that I seek profit in you
When I did not come to you with capital

12. Is there any land beyond safety
To be folded with the beautiful and fair?

13. We die because we are allies of deficiency
And he who monopolizes perfection remains