1. Be content with a glimpse of this world, for with each spouse,
It is menstruating, it has no period of purity.

2. Whenever you divorce, you must pay a dowry, and if you marry,
Yourself after the debt and comfort is the dowry.

3. You have not seen the belly of the earth throw on its back
Men as its back is thrown into its belly.

4. The sons of vitality exceeded the sons of the Sheikh in strength,
And the experienced becomes weak after weakness with his opponent.

5. When we and those who preceded us raced,
They passed away while perplexity crept into our consciences.

6. The virgins of time enjoyed its hands,
And we came in decline after the epoch grew old.

7. If only the youth were renewed like the moon in his life,
Returning crescent after the month passes away.