1. He who roams among mankind, wandering,
With a wandering, circulating sign,

2. Roams confusedly in a narrow strait,
From which the spacious throat is protected.

3. You look at him again and again, yet
Your eyes cannot descry him.

4. A lank-haired, fasting one may be found in him,
Borne in an outgoing caravan.

5. And a devotee diligently pursuing his peers,
While his image is present.

6. Ruinous, broken fate has decreed for him
The decree of the prevailing, conquering one.

7. As though she complicates in his composition
Sorcery, but her sister is the sorceress.

8. The traits of fairness and injustice give you
Either victory or perdition.

9. One hour her merchandise is profitable,
Another disappointing, causing loss.

10. The proofs of faith are in his silence,
And his religion among an infidel nation.