1. I wish she who mocked me and my camel
Would taste what I have tasted of fear and journeys,

2. And of students full of rancor
Who glare at me angrily with their eyes.

3. Either you see me and my garment flying as
The wild doves of Karam flew not subservient,

4. If they kill me, the deaths of the valiant, as
I was told, are death without disgrace.

5. And if I survive for a time other than this, perhaps
Each soul is bound for a time and decree.

6. O Lord, the enemies have sworn and strove
Their oaths that I am of the inhabitants of the Fire.

7. Do they swear against the blind and ignorant?
What is their knowledge of the great forgiving?

8. I hope for forgiveness from the Merciful
And favor from the Sustainer of the steadfast religion.

9. I do not fear destruction between Their pardon
And nothing escapes Them, the fleeing evildoer.

10. To Them from Them I escape in trepidation
As a fearful wary one escaped the vestiges.

11. I am the boy freed by God supplicating
With repentance after error and elapse.

12. I have abandoned the gates of ignorance I used to follow
As a journey bids farewell to the courtyard of home.

13. I know that soon my companions will leave me
A hostage to dust between stones.

14. Alone in a wilderness or amidst a cemetery
The winds of the fleeting destroyer blow over me.