1. Time has been brief in speech, so that
It made silence the pinnacle of concision,

2. A speech neither verbose nor poetry
Nor in the ways of prose.

3. The days have brought us every wonder,
And promises changed with fulfillment.

4. They are like singing girls - if their faces
Are beautiful, the weight is in the buttocks.

5. Whoever wants a life of purity, seeks from his
World something clearly concise.

6. So do good, and if the youth rewards you for it
Or else God will reward you for the good.

7. Do not restrict my words, for I
Am like others, speaking in metaphors.

8. The comets are attributed to Yemen and Syria
And their attribution is denied in Hejaz.

9. Verily, mixing with people is hypocrisy
And pretense in falsehood and hypocrisy.