1. The ascetics guided in this world
Knew of its defects fully
١. هَدى الزهّادَ في الدُنيا
لَهُم عَن عَيبِها فَحصا
2. So they said its pleasure is vice
And its pearls are just pebbles
٢. فَقالوا طيبها خُبثٌ
وَأَمّا دُرُّها فَحصا
3. They shunned it, so no thirst remained
Nor did they complain or worry in it
٣. خَلَوا مِنها فَلا ظَمَأ
شَكَوا فيها وَلا خَمصا
4. The least of its sorrows is but a spear
That struck my son, whom I didn't bury
٤. أَقلّ كُروبها وَرَمٌ
أَصابَ اِبني فَما خَمصا