1. لَو لَم تَكُن طَرقُ هَذا المَوتُ موحِشَةً

    مَخشِيَّةً لَاِعتَراها القَومُ أَفواجا

    If the paths of this death were not forbidding,

    and dreaded, people would frequent them in throngs.

  2. وَكانَ مَن أَلقَتِ الدُنيا عَلَيهِ أَذىً

    يَؤُمُّها تارِكاً لِلعَيشِ أَمواجا

    And whoever the world had cast harm upon

    would seek them, leaving life its waves.

  3. كَأسُ المَنيَّةِ أَولى بي وَأَروَحُ لي

    مِن أَن أُكابِدَ إِثراءً وَإِحواجا

    The cup of death is more fitting for me and more restful,

    than enduring affluence and want.

  4. في كُلِّ أَرضٍ صَروفٌ غَيرُ هازِلَةٍ

    يَلعَبنَ بِالناسِ أَفراداً وَأَزواجا

    In every land are turns of fate that do not jest;

    they play with people, singly and in pairs.