1. Remembering impermanence in the depths of darkness
Has made me turn my back on wealth and rank.
١. تَذَكُّري لِلبِلى في قَعرِ مُظلمَةٍ
أَصارَني زاهِداً في المال وَالرُتبِ
2. I take delight in a state I know will be taken
From me before long, and I'll be left as dust of the grave.
٢. إِني أُسَرُّ بِحالٍ سَوفَ أُسلبها
عَمّا قَريبٍ وَأَبقى رِمّةَ التُربِ