1. Do you rejoice as the chief of a kingdom's rule,
In your ignorance, obtaining the throne?

2. If you were to ponder your end in death,
You would weep with flowing tears.

3. Each evening a helpless body
Goes to a grave to be questioned of its sins.

4. Neither have the nights been gentle or merciful
To the doe-eyed gazelle.

5. Did the mother of Khashaf advise her children
To not wrong anyone, even an ant?

6. Life bids us farewell with a cup of bitter drink,
When the bitter soul departs.

7. The unworthy avoid him, so he is equal
To the touch of iron and silk.