1. I pass away, of the Creator there is no doubt
So weep not for me, lament me not

2. Take my life lessons, for in them is goodness for you
In your lives, pray and purify

3. Listen not to the tales of a people
Whose lies even the soundest mind believes

4. I see actions, yet no action, and a matter
Whose corruption is preordained

5. And lines that pretend atop a throne
Then are erased after or scratched out

6. And were you not unjust tyrants
Sense would have corrected you, yet you came not to your senses

7. As if you are savage sons of Eve
Whom heaven itself could not reform

8. The Hegira came to the balconies of Ctesiphon
And bequeathed its kingdom to a spineless fool

9. Have you ever in this life seen
One not bound by the shackles of events?

10. These are days wherefrom a glorious edifice is built
And from a palace laid to waste

11. Of no use to the ancients of Quraysh
Were the governors of the Sacred House, despite all they amassed and hoarded

12. So vex not through your fealty a prince
As a dog was vexed, and a monkey too

13. For man in his revolutions is but
A prisoner of time, can he e'er break free?