1. The arrows of death do not miss nor bypass
And the guide of nights does not oppress or torment

2. I see fate give then regretfully take back
Thus it strips what it bestows and seizes what it gives

3. And it makes up for good deeds with every wrongdoing
As it made up for negligence and the error of the transgressor

4. And it chooses the ignorant as a physician, pretending illness
And it purges the remedies through bloodletting and cupping

5. And it examines the course of events, yet when
The archer of destiny aims, it's like a sieve

6. It's as if we're fruits for time, so its palm
Ravages and reaps at harvest and gleaning

7. Is there hatred in its heart against us that its violence
Against us is the fury of an enraged and impassioned one?

8. For the universe is only for corruption, and my life
Is like my death, like the reward with the condition

9. Such is the fullness of the moon, the origin of its waning
It becomes, and the illumination of stars is for descent

10. Like the union of a maiden and intimacy for separation and estrangement
It becomes, and the nearness of home is for distance and remoteness

11. It has been said that the soul remains because it
Is simple, and composition is only from decomposition

12. Death will eliminate everything, so do not be deceived
By what they have adorned with a dot for you or a line

13. For the hated death is inevitable even if they refuse
Your saying in it, of a share and portion

14. God has willed that none remain except Him, for a wisdom
He has seen, and portions that transcend any portion

15. Perhaps slowly you will deduce your pigeons
Gently, you will be inspired by what you used to deduce

16. I have known you, oh my world, by betrayal and harm
So you are not worthy of me, nor are you one of my conditions