1. If you had chosen death over life
They would have sought refuge in ignorance and shunned you

2. For they still see life
As a gain, and for the moment what they prepared

3. If only they had borrowed an eye from you
To discern a will that cannot be repealed

4. If you had chosen the past over the present
They would have turned

5. Saying, he who died cannot be restored
How many glories of the past are like distant stars

6. That cannot be grasped or counted
If they had any certainty you would have owned

7. They would have violated delusions’ keeps and knocked them down
A fleeting fancy which possessed them, if

8. An unwavering will had inhabited them, it would have repelled
If you had chosen the night over the day

9. They would have claimed you are the obstinate adversary
Maybe they still fear the night

10. In which the incident surfaces
Or do you think they have neglected a full moon night

11. From whose glow the light of guidance is derived
Or is it because its stars have illuminated

12. Every path to God it exposes, so they resented
Or is it not enough for him that the beloved

13. Has for the beloved in it lips and cheek
Or is it not enough for him that the intimate friend

14. Has for the intimate friend in it peace and coolness
In it memories may revisit

15. Their loved ones, if only their doors were not barred
If you had chosen silence as forbearance they would have said

16. His silence is sharper than a dagger, rather it's sharpest
Count how many nations silence prevailed

17. Count how many by speech failed their purpose
If you had chosen peace over war

18. They would have decried you however they could
Alas the hands that slacken on battle day

19. If peace extends a hand it is not extended
If the heart of a mother came to any of them

20. They would have desisted from their war, however stubborn
I wish everyone who wages war would listen:

21. A flower and roses have sung the praise of peace
And peace is the making of a veteran of war

22. Who suffered its heat as an impetuous lad
If you had chosen the Levant over the countries

23. They would have consulted their ears then blocked them
If the rock spoke they would have ascertained that

24. Feet are destined for Jerusalem, compelled
Think not that I rose in order