1. I refused, and I have long refused bracelets,
So people would say in my time, “He is distinguished!”

2. How can I build in my days an edifice,
Knowing that tomorrow I shall depart?

3. Your abode is liable to fail, and time is wicked;
It moves along with people anxiously.

4. We stayed put in places while we are a journey,
As though sitting still on the saddlebags.

5. Ignorance makes you see that you are comfortable,
While when you ponder your state, it is evil.

6. When our sins turn into dust,
Then which of mankind longs for kohl?

7. The world did not allow us anything
Except for nourishing the soul with the impossible.

8. Virtue has eluded every living being,
So he is nothing but pretense and false claim.