1. Alas Ummama raged after calm
Rebuking me, outraged at my injustice

2. Angry that she saw me err
And yield to fate as my body weakened

3. Age clothed me in its shroud
Youth bid farewell as my bones grew frail

4. I said: Ummama, this is no cause for blame
Now that my body is ruined and decayed

5. If events have led me astray
And their arrows missed when I shot

6. The fault is mine for following
A reckless arrow - I was foolish and lacked wisdom

7. I followed them and neglected loyalties
So they abandoned my flesh and blood

8. I lost dignity and it fled from me
And misery filled my innards through and through

9. I lost comfort and it deserted me
Embracing disgrace as my taste turned bitter

10. Exchanging comfort for an abode of humiliation
Such is my craft and such is my knowledge

11. Never has my left hand brought good
Nor my right hand brought bounty