1. I seek Allah's forgiveness, my secret love for passion made public
And I've become content, so favors mean little to me

2. I know my fate, so I don't care about its events
Neither joy nor sorrow move me

3. A refined life not fearing consequences
Nor rousing hatreds or sorrow

4. Lost are those who value lineage
Else they wouldn't raise or cherish children

5. Some men are virtuous, if you unveiled
People's nature, those now trusted would be feared

6. Fate runs its course, though minds cannot conceive it
Ignorance prevails until idols are worshipped

7. Oppression is the norm, without evil, excellence
In neither India nor Yemen's craft is found

8. You blame your fate when it strikes you with something
Fate is known through the same blows it lands

9. Be humble, for life is but borrowed
Death awaits, free men are tested

10. Don't be fooled by a refined outward manner
Eyes and ears cannot discern truth

11. I kept company with people to whom evil
Seemed prudent, twisted minds' judgments

12. They strayed from righteousness, their souls corrupted
To think wrong is right, this they assumed

13. Their arrows all turned my way
My asceticism in their lands seen as madness

14. I'm pleased with my life, desire and greed gone
My honor guarded, no shame or vileness

15. When hungry, just a body with no life
When thirsty, water valueless

16. The best drink is what sustains life
Neither water nor milk in primal nature

17. The best food is what the earth provides freely
To the seeker, apart from strife

18. I seek not wealth by sword or by pen
Nor work in occupations with cunning men

19. I inherited from people long gone
Grew rich though I know not how they prospered

20. By bordering Rome they ruined their lives
In war they were captive, in peace they were sly

21. They left only turmoil
Swirling misfortunes and trials

22. These fortresses are the target of every pauper
Else they wouldn't be home despite the pain

23. Many were buried here till Judgement Day
To me, less dear than their wealth, however vast

24. Oh home of evil, blessings never come from you
For long demolished are your virtues

25. Time passes, each event within forgotten
Only your tyranny remains firm

26. I'm used to your evil, no longer shaken
By the gleam of the polished blade when drawn

27. I laugh at your obvious wickedness
Can a delineated pattern constrain the mind?

28. Glory to Allah - no creation bewilders
Nor can favors reach the envious soul

29. No dream stirs from slumber
But finds eyelids bleary in the morn

30. Oh learned one, do you conceal in secrecy
From insights though explanations you adorn?

31. Or have you no skill but to trick a lad
Whose discourse is but guesses?

32. You accused your opponent of blind conformity
While steeped in what you denounced

33. How can lone reports be believed?
You are not trusted when transmitting chains

34. How many made pledges in disputation
Then failed to understand, as they opined

35. Be wary of your companion, stay silent if tested
Better blindness than the looseness of tongues

36. No quote, however pleasing, should fool you
For neither Ibn Sirin nor Al Hasan is safe

37. All people are borne of an unchaste mother
No lineage or branch remains pure

38. No group preceded who then vanished
So don't be fooled by tales of the perished