1. An ignorant man said to me, "You must have relief!"
I said in vexation, "Why must there be relief?"

2. Then after a while he said, "How strange it is
That you who argue coolly guarantee me life!"

3. Had what you said been true, I'd not have been a man
Who apportions life in breaths of mist and fog,

4. Seeking to gain a fortune if I'm lucky,
Not the first of the wretched to be lucky.

5. My fault with fate is that I am pure Arab
With no ties to Qum or Karaj to solace me.