1. I spent my wealth and children for the love of "Dunya"
Until my cheeks turned white with age like a newborn foal

2. I obeyed her passionately in her abode when I was young
But she herself never obeyed anyone

3. I endured hardship for her and waited for her long
But she ignored me for one who never gave her anything

4. I could not compete with her in stubbornness or help
So it was another who enjoyed her beauty exclusively

5. Until when life trembled awake frightened
From the intoxication of youth which was now gone

6. It said: You were not frugal in spending me
When you ardently pursued her bitter love

7. Until the lowly origins criticized me
More special than the one who attained her and traveled far

8. I made you drink from my wine so be steadfast
Degrade yourself with it though you seem to be lost

9. So be patient with its bitterness and do not say "it's ruined"
No bitterness is like what I made you drink at the streams

10. But if I wake up none ever woke from old age
After drinking it except the dead buried in their graves