1. I sought refuge in myself from myself, for in us
There is light with the soul, and darkness with the body.

2. And I will remain thus as long as our dwelling is
So if I moved away from family and country

3. I would find in it a light without darkness
That would suffice instead of family, wealth and children

4. But it has a shadow - that shadow is our comfort
In the form of the body, not in the form of the corpse

5. Purifying the eye from the effect of what
Nature has revealed in the pillars of extension

6. I have purity through it as long as I inhabit it
And dwelling in it does not end in a term

7. If there were in it no good and no calm
Except being rid of the provoker of envy