1. Separation showed its face, and events separate
An old man goes on perilous journeys and is battered

2. Glory to our Creator! Beneath us is a dusty covering
And above, a blue canopy

3. The falling stars in the sea of the sky are worshippers
Floating to the watcher's eyes then sinking

4. You made your horses sweat trying to gain wealth
While others stored it, whether fortunate or wretched

5. My brother confused about his affair
His life of scattered trials brought together

6. The son of Abdullah took on Thahmid's lightning flash
He went quickly while the brilliant one stayed

7. Honor to Him who made inanimate things free, so you do not see
A rock bursting with food or shining with drink

8. Bare in summer and winter, not needing clothes that tear
Enduring or shivering, no flowing tears for grievous woes

9. No feeling hurts it so it shows distress
If a mallet or hammer happens to strike

10. It has not spent a morning like a bird, going out to seek
Whatever it finds of seeds or crumbs

11. Doves, why ride the backs of doves
Of paper, when riding birds is wretched?

12. The rock remains, never once
Committing a sin, nor bashful and bowing

13. Fate is reckless, not guided to any craft
Its sons are all reckless fools

14. Our bodies are alike but our goals differ
One enlightened, one benighted

15. O worries that change with misfortunes!
The branch greens in time and withers

16. Your sins filled your scroll and your deeds
Were the darkest ink, your hair gone white

17. As if ashes were poured in grief
On your brow and your blazing heart

18. The envious claim the King of Loss owns life -
They think life itself is there to be stolen

19. Whoever is given something, it will be taken
Whoever sleeps on the wings of darkness will be disturbed

20. The raven was shooed away while the rooster
Of the household for people is white and speckled

21. This ignorance! As if we were sour fruit
Or a thread fed by a patch its greens