1. The end of the deceased is praiseworthy
When Allah spares the agony of punishment

2. The punishment of Allah is not like that for the betrayer
Like cutting off hands and striking necks

3. Rather it is continuous so beware
Whatever you wish will not be put down like a burden

4. And His fire is not like the fires
That consume what they are fed with fuel

5. How many deeds have been neglected by a worker
Our Creator preserves them in waiting

6. Indeed I sank in my fortresses
Like an archer's bow stretched or part of a bow

7. I wish I were vapor in my bones
Or a raindrop between an eagle's wings

8. Or that I were a muddy brother to a barren land
Whose drink is from the ooze of marshes

9. Your world is an illusion that has a tip
And its ugliness is hidden beneath the veil

10. O she-camel with a killer in her udder
Suckled by the young of lizards

11. Has forgiveness descended on the grains of sand
Or are snakes dwelling on the steep slopes?

12. Alas for my weakness whether descending
Into the valley or climbing the steep cliffs