1. Accept the decree of fate, O Ahmad, accept it
If you taste its bitterness, you have tasted its essence

2. What good or evil did you discern in it
That you did not later see its opposite?

3. How can one grieve over parting with a friend
When part of him shall part from another part?

4. All sustenance seems paltry to men of dignity
If one's honor is not sustained along with it