1. Glory be to your Lord, does He pass away like others?
The splendor of the stars and the beauty of the moon fade away.

2. So it seems He who created souls found darkness for them,
So He hastened to destroy them with terrible annihilation.

3. I was not pleased with the contentment I was given
Of an overwhelming victorious life and gambling.

4. And among associates there are those whose wealth
Is the price of immorality and the profit of drunkards.

5. Evil has a well-known place and good is glimpsed
From behind the veil.

6. And man gambles the length of his life
With a fate that refused to be content with gambling.

7. Be cautious of whom you love as you fear an enemy
And bargain with those who have no bargains.

8. Mockery is provoked even by a relative, though he knows not
The harm his hands have wreaked like claws.

9. The young man goes out on his horse in the morning
As if he leaves with the mind of a donkey,

10. So if you own land, guard its soil
And plant trees in it without fruit.

11. If you run short of wine for some time
Suffice with pure wine once and keep some.

12. And the one whose claim is not proven has claimed
Great bodies and outstretched lifetimes.

13. None persists but as another who perishes,
And the truth is known by its marks.

14. The world sings in one voice -
The hoopoes know only twittering.

15. Who has tried again and again has a long rope
With stars counted among the embers.

16. I drank a cup to the dregs in my youth,
Then found in my old age the excess of wine hard to bear

17. Why did this night linger though it seems
Too short for a gambler's sitting?

18. Do I wish for dawn like an Indian sword while below it
There is a star solidly fixed like a nail?

19. The young man receives secrets like the blowing wind
Which if you entrust to him are broadcast like a flute.

20. God’s kingdom remains manifest forever
While Adam and his sons lie in the dark.

21. So restrain your gambling if you can, for perils
Have multiplied and I could not protect my gambling.

22. The slender-waisted white camels pursue
Their beautiful magic for casting lots.

23. You were counted among the builders of Mecca after
You were deemed unfit to be counted amongst builders.

24. So let your clothes of Tus robes spare you
The wear of threadbare garments.