1. I see the son of Abi Is'haq worn by vicissitudes,
And the life of Abu 'Amr has reached its inevitable end.

2. They boasted of a matter they made as profits,
Yet it recoiled on them as the most paltry of affairs -

3. With a gift of clothes or a petty sum
Of sustenance, neither ample bounty nor overflowing favours.

4. And they did nothing, but disputed
Futilities that disappear like glowing embers.

5. So God does not let sincere efforts go to waste,
And he who strives therein need not fear loss.

6. Did not the Kufan say this in asceticism, similar to
What the Basran sang in describing wine?