1. تَذَكُّري لِلبِلى في قَعرِ مُظلمَةٍ

    أَصارَني زاهِداً في المال وَالرُتبِ

    My remembrance of decay in the depths of a dark grave

    has made me indifferent to wealth and rank.

  2. إِني أُسَرُّ بِحالٍ سَوفَ أُسلبها

    عَمّا قَريبٍ وَأَبقى رِمّةَ التُربِ

    Indeed, I delight in a state of which I shall be stripped

    before long, and remain as decayed remains in the earth.