1. Alas, how poorly they nurtured and cradled their young!
They are all deceit, rancor and envy,

2. And we are all in our pursuits like Abu Lahab,
Whose lineage never attained high status.

3. This world is not worth the blink of an eyelid that we dote on it,
Like a temporary bridge we use to cross over.

4. The body is to the soul like a tent it inhabits
And cannot stand when the body is destroyed.

5. And so it has been with the people of earth since they were created;
Let no ignorant man think they have decayed.

6. You and the meadow receive no showers from the clouds
Wherein are bedding for the wanderers and pillows.

7. As if the rain clouds in their regions were pierced
So that the bull and lion Drink their fill of water.

8. The people of the desert are anxious in their lives,
And separation never leaves the people of Najd.