1. The suffering of the anxious kept the taste of life and wakefulness away,
And your eyes have gotten used to shedding tears out of habit,

2. And you've started to dislike things you used to hate,
If avoiding them and being cautious could be of any use.

3. And for people there is demise in the watering places,
If the breasts supplying the watering places are not known.

4. The honorable one is not the one whose sanctities can be transgressed,
Nor is the generous one the one who is uncared for and belittled.

5. The servants have come to an evil for which there is no savior
Except the Cloud after Allah and the rain.

6. Both are good - its supererogatory acts are hoped for -
Blessed are its forests, they are hoped for and awaited.

7. They do not hold back from the people when they are in need,
Both are beneficial among them when they are poor.

8. This one protects and guards them from annihilation,
And the other one provides subsistence for the cattle and trees.

9. And the people surrendered when the enemy descended upon them,
So neither their spring nor their pastures are hoped for.

10. And you are a head chosen for the people of religion,
And in the head lies the hearing and the sight.

11. Indeed, the Cloud has given preference in the days
To the stations of people when they are mentioned

12. Decisiveness, generosity and days which had past,
In which grave matters and dangers were counted.

13. Departing, not ceasing, facing horrors,
Bearing the causes of insoluble difficulties that perplex people.

14. Gentle with the creations - he forgives when he is able,
From him come bashfulness, and from his manners, chivalry.

15. A flame of war - if it descends upon his plains,
Allah damages therewith people when they betray.

16. War and terrors increase him, if they are present,
In decisiveness, resolve and his face lights up from travel.

17. He does not cease to be in gloomy lands,
If he did not restrain them from their country, they would have perished.

18. Gentle towards them, clement regarding their ignorance,
As if between him and them is Uthman or Umar.

19. A cave they take refuge in from the humiliation of life,
When its difficulties make them seek refuge.

20. Safe are those fearing for themselves, abundant for those asking from him,
Both the nomad and the city dweller share his company.