1. I see time spares neither old nor new,
Yet it takes us on Ja'far's brisk quest.

2. It destroyed the kings of earth, Chosroes and Caesar,
And turned away from al-Ma'mun one day, and Ja'far.

3. It tore apart the parties of all the prophets,
And scattered Ja'far's sons throughout the horizons.

4. You see, within the successive generations, a brilliant
Line that you'd think were Ja'far's thirsty drinkers.

5. But it seduces you cunningly, as it seduced
The lovers of black hair and smooth Ja'far.

6. So I continued to test its nature while it spreads,
And I leaned onto every towering height and Ja'far,

7. Until I saw man whom a disposition sings praise
Rather than trinkets and riches, Chip of Ja'far.