1. Dreaming of meeting a beloved who is gone,
Or wealth that brings you comfort and joy,

2. Or an old friend who inspires you,
Or a supporting brother you can rely on,

3. Or a disobedient child who defied the tyranny of time
And escaped to where he will not weaken,

4. Or a country where people are not oppressed,
Or soil where enemies cannot tread,

5. A young, vigorous, old man still dreaming
Of a meeting whose time is coming to an end.

6. If it happens tomorrow, the meeting is, by God,
Unknown to you whether on earth or in the heavens.

7. Awake, asleep, drowsy, still you dream
Of a meeting which, if realized, may cause regret.

8. If you see those you have dreamed of,
At your meeting, they may not even dream of you.

9. Sitting, walking, riding, you dream
Of a meeting that may make you ill.

10. If you see those you were sick for,
They were not sick for your sickness.

11. How much you dreamed of those who never dreamed of you,
How much you were wronged by those who never wronged you.

12. What makes your far-fetched dream, o naive one,
Impossible for a Lord Most Generous and Merciful?

13. Do you presume a meeting is too far?
The meeting is near though you know not.

14. Or is it for a prolonged lifetime, and death
Hovers over you, determining your fate?

15. Or is it for a sin you disobeyed your Lord with,
So you avoid dreaming of surrendering to Him?

16. Or is it because the meeting exposes you
Unlike what people present or offer?

17. How strange is one who avoids the memory
Of a meeting that will end his life span.

18. Forgetting nations that became stories
One merely hears without being moved.

19. Reform the dream, o naive one, this meeting,
If you do good, will not lead to regret,

20. Reform the dream, o naive one, this meeting,
If you purify, will not lead to illness.

21. Reform the dream, o naive one, this meeting,
If you build, will not lead to destruction.

22. Reform the dream, o naive one, this meeting,
If you are just, you will not be wronged.

23. Reform the dream, o naive one, this meeting,
If you give, you will not be deprived.

24. Reform the dream, o naive one, this meeting,
If you exalt it, you will prosper.