1. My soul, leave your vain desires,
Do not transgress, for God is the Bestower of success.

2. Strive with the effort of one who hopes for good,
Let the tears flow down from your eyes.

3. If you strive you will gain the reward of an ascetic,
Tomorrow fleeing from the world of passions.

4. The night passes in wakefulness and lamentation
Over its sins - it is remorseful and regretful.

5. I saw this fleeting world as an enemy to us,
Bearing hidden malice.

6. It promises us joy but does not fulfill us,
And when it saw we were cured,

7. It bared its evil and attacked us with it,
Casting into perdition those who befriend it.

8. Tomorrow it threatens us, so flee from it,
Strengthen its harsh injustice and severity.

9. It has repulsed our joy and driven it away,
Scattered the resolves for good in our souls and destroyed them.

10. It has squandered the treasures of our goodness while life is fleeting,
And destroyed kings and wanderers with its evil.

11. Where are the kings of earth yesterday,
And where are those who made good into evil?

12. Where are those who milked sorrow and harm,
And where are those who embittered people?

13. They lie under the earth, and the matter is clear,
The heat of Hellfire burns and exposes them.

14. The cup of death came around to them and greeted them,
Leaving no life for them here.

15. It emptied the places and the lives,
And the poison in that oblivion corrupted souls and limbs.

16. Destructive hands were embedded in them.
My God, protect us from those sins

17. And make us fortunate over those tribulations,
That we may attain the wishes in our deaths,

18. For You are the best granter of gifts.
For the sanctity of Mary, forgive and pardon,

19. And turn away from us, O Most Forgiving.