1. Solace and patience, for all things perish
Except those to whom the stars incline

2. For people are naught but ruin and son of ruin
And the consequence of death, savior and ruined

3. No forerunner but his sequel pursues
The path of doom each travels it far and wide

4. So let not the arrogant feel secure to live long
However lengthy his lifetime’s paths unfold

5. For Luqman died, and his eagles died
Their lifetimes were not long, though far the roads

6. What is death but a path, what path
Fearsome, on which we all must wander

7. So no slave lived a more woeful life
Nor did any ruler live in utmost bliss

8. The wealthy die miserable against their will
Just as the poor men died, the refugees

9. We come and go like beasts grazing
And the claw of death seizes lifetime's reigns

10. So there is no joy unless death destroys it
No veils but death comes tearing them down

11. As if in the grip of death a sharpened sword
To slit the necks of earth's myriad hordes

12. Of all wonders, your ruin consoles you
For ruin, where the consoler is ruined

13. Would that our death was as steadfast men
Meeting their doom, while smiling serene

14. Loving of their Maker, leaving sins behind
No sorrow for the cheerful abandoning soul

15. He left, yet in each heart love remains
Only tears for him flow and pour

16. As if remnants of his memory after death
Diffuse in all gatherings like musk forever redolent

17. And none dies who leaves safety upon us
Praise, and young souls still growing

18. For they are like stars, and if one star is gone
Another appears, though the night be pitch black

19. Upon your overcrowded grave, O progeny of Ahmad
Successive clouds keep gathering and dispersing