1. Time has darkened, so do not make it darker,
And it has become confused, leaving no opponent confused.

2. Do I see that I have advised, yet my advice is useless,
When it pours into an ear that shuts out all counsel?

3. Strange are the riding camels, their saddles emptied,
Flowing with them after death's rending are more tears.

4. You aim for well-being in Tehama, seeking it,
And good faith, though intentions harbor no ill thoughts.

5. Such is this life we're in -
A livelihood bought and blood spilled out.

6. No dwelling place in Mecca's valley
Or house on its plain brings pilgrims rest.

7. Rulers of authority there weary it
With yellow gold they dispense or treasures they hoard.

8. The true has been denied, without doubt,
So has the deaf or the blind spoken truth?

9. The hopeful have departed down a road
As though the greatest calamities passed them by.

10. Why has the spear been wielded by men
Who are destined for death or will be routed?