1. The people of this world complained and wished for their demise
Yet that matter became their yoke, driving them on
١. تشكَّى بنو الدنيا وودُّوا فناءهم
وقد باتَ ذاكَ الأمرُ طوقَهم يعدو
2. If they committed suicide, their suicide would not lead them
To anything but severe, excruciating pain
٢. إذا انتحروا لم يُدركوا بانتحارِهِم
سوى أَلَمٍ مُضْنٍ يحرِّشهُ العَمد
3. Plagues and diseases, and the loss of resolve
Chains of misery too narrow to be contained
٣. وباءٌ وأمراضٌ، وخورُ عزائمٍ
سلاسلُ بؤسٍ ضاقَ عن حصرها العدُّ