1. News has reached me of the Mahdi that makes
My heart quake in fear of what's to come

2. Hear me, oh sons of Eve, hear all of you
As falsehood twists around the liar's neck

3. I swore an oath not falsely made
That day of absence whose rope was cut

4. To never praise but you until I die
Though cause and time against me rub

5. To the best of men I plead and flee
And you are he, in what we do or shun

6. How can I flee before my king's wish is met
Where death lurks visible in his eyes?

7. You are like fate, snares cast everywhere
No escape or flight from fate can one find

8. If I held the winds' reins I'd direct them
To every place not yet searched

9. My only hope is in your knowing
My fears carry both refuge and return

10. My lord, my lord, let not my enemies gloat
For beyond you I have no fame or lineage