1. The people passed by in groups while we trailed behind them
Though they and we were lost in ignorance and blind

2. So my ears, is there in what you hear
Anything but lies and unfounded tales?

3. And how much poison is proffered by the eloquent red-lipped speaker
Who makes it seem sweet to the taste

4. My mount is a negligent soul that is as though
Among the herd, a weak sheep stumbling in its walk

5. A horse too feeble to be led aright
Though the true path shine clear, it still goes astray