1. The lone, the single sleeps, who is he and where is his family?
And everyone, when death lays bare, is severed.

2. And does a child avail when fate descends
Like a wick, and Allah's command is predestined and measured?

3. If worldly glory and might are wanted,
How many a lone man is an honored breast!

4. If it is for heirs, everyone by his acts
Is a hostage, and tribe and clan avail not.

5. If it said: "A man's family when he dies are his children,"
How many a secret man is better hidden than family!