1. When a man reaches fifty pilgrimages
He should not compromise his faith by declining a greeting

2. Rather he should busy himself with remembering God over all else
For that, to the heart’s core, is the best discourse

3. And of the traits of days, as many as they are
Is the passing of elders and the advent of youth

4. I blame my soul, it deserves it
And I was truly blameworthy to it

5. And the blindness of an eye followed by the darkness of soil
Say: in darkness, darkness was added to darkness