1. When I saw that life had turned away
And I knew surely that death would overtake me

2. I wished I dwelt in a far lonely place
At the highest ridge, chilled by the winds

3. Casting down acorns to live by their surplus
Alone, while the waters murmur at the canyon's cleft

4. My friends, whoever has tasted death once
Then I have tasted it fifty honest times

5. As my time to depart draws near, from this life
I have gained no flashes of lightening

6. Who can inform the son of Hazm, who offered
Me assistance in my disasters and adversities?

7. Upon you is the peace of God. I take my leave
And my love for you shall suffice as provisions for one departing

8. So do not forget to eulogize me when I am gone
And recall my days and my excellent traits

9. And for God's sake, from the people of our art
Stir them to lament me, every stalwart hero

10. That my soul in the grave might hear something
Of a secret whispered, or a knock tapped

11. For in remembering me after death is a solace
So do not forbid it from me, useless fading wretch

12. And I hope in God for the sins accrued in the past
That which He knows of my inner truths