1. The ignorant insult me and show foolishness,
And my neighbor displays ignorance.

2. Know my origin from which my roots extended,
For every branch in the soil has roots.

3. If you are arrogant, O camel, or adorn yourself,
There is no pride except above religion and reason.

4. I see people competing in life but no distinction is seen,
No grave stands out over another grave.

5. It does not harm me that prolific she-camels did not birth me,
Nor did a body bear upon me sin or blame.

6. If you do not add the new to the old,
What was before will not benefit you.

7. Below the dew in every heart is an inclination
With an ascent, unevenness, and easy descent.

8. The love of a young man for everything he attains,
Would that its attainment were lasting.

9. And I know with certainty not assumption,
That for every people are types from their norms.

10. And the intimate friends of time, their singing
Is little when humankind slips in its sandal.

11. Take from the world provisions for other than it,
For you have worn out shoes and the rope is cut off.

12. Are you anything but a water mirage today or tomorrow?
For every people are their vanishing mirages.