1. The palaces that were erected
Four of its inhabitants taught a lesson

2. A silent preacher arose in my ears
For the days, though his trait is being dumb

3. The body of the youth is renewed
By a temperament whose softness is harshness

4. After it a winter and a time
And after it a summer that is hot

5. I roamed around the water thirstily
Indeed my west has no place to alight

6. How many lions the forests raised
What beast is there that doesn't get preyed on

7. My disposition is an adversary battling me
How can I be on guard against myself

8. Verily your world is a singing girl
Whose wedding was not gladdened by the groom

9. Umm Shibl above her is a lion cub
Whose prey is our killing and stoning

10. Split her with asceticism, armed
In your hands the sword and shield

11. If the appointed time of a horseman draws near
Bewildered, the steed does not race with him

12. All whose death time arrived
No guards can defend them

13. No branch of a tree remains
Whose roots are not planted in death

14. Every speaker informed me
Even the bell and the clapper