1. Time is brief in its preaching
And I gained eloquence in its brevity

2. Be not deceived, for its reality
Is but a metaphor when it forbids

3. The vile outpaced the noble as though
Its valleys were tethered to their heels

4. How many promises made, the ambitions clung
Only for death to bar their fulfillment

5. Whoever is content has found riches
In Syria, Iraq and the Hijaz