1. How death exposes the vanity of this world and its adornments
It is so blatant, how it exposes the world to its inhabitants
١. ما أَفضَحَ المَوتَ لِلدُنيا وَزينَتِها
جداً وَما أَفضَحَ الدُنيا لِأَهليها
2. Do not blame the world, reproaching it
Its excuse to you has perished in its plains
٢. لا تَرجِعَنَّ عَلى الدُنيا بِلائِمَةٍ
فَعُذرُها لَكَ بادٍ في مَساويها
3. It left nothing hidden from its companion
Without elucidating it through its meanings
٣. لَم تُبقِ في غَيبِها شَيئاً لِصاحِبِها
إِلّا وَقَد بَيَّنتهُ في مَعانيها
4. It destroys the sons and destroys the family constantly
Yet we grow fond of it, not opposing it
٤. تُفني البَنينَ وَتُفني الأَهلَ دائِبَةً
وَنَستَنيمُ إِلَيها لا نُعاديها
5. So why should it increase you to kill those it killed
Nor enmity, but yearning for it
٥. فَما يَزيدُكُم قَتلُ الَّذي قَتَلَت
وَلا العَداوَةُ إِلّا رَغبَةً فيها