1. You harnessed the steeds with their beauty,
To tyrannize a soul with its hopes.

2. Yet they must travel once,
After turning to their possessions.

3. The best that a nation has gained,
However miserable, is the beauty of its deeds.

4. No good in extending life,
Its shortening is like completing it.

5. Alas, alas for the torrents of time!
How much laden caravans have they drawn with their burdens!

6. Matters that meet the troops of decline,
By detailing them after summarizing them.

7. People have used their thoughts,
Yet the length of their use has not benefited them.

8. Will time make the mother of men senile,
So she loses a progeny with her barrenness?