1. You warned me not to complain to you out of reverence
Your majesty in my heart has left me speechless

2. Yet he who peddles harm with ostentation
Is worse than one who hides from you, knowing this

3. Wretched, wretched is he who strives to attain what
Exhausts his quest, wretched, wretched is he

4. The son of generous Wāsi' has spent his days
In hardship and toil, neither worldly nor devout