1. The house of fortune shelters those with kin and hearth
So the destitute poor arose seeking, with nothing to his name

2. Wretched yet possessing dignity
Lord of misery yet his dignity intact

3. He toiled not begging, only working
With none but his Creator to turn to

4. He struggled in life and did not stop
Struggling until he collapsed and fell

5. He exhausted his body and when harm befell him
Consumption took hold, established within

6. Ravaging his chest, consuming his lungs
Voraciously devouring them

7. Emaciated like a specter, the slightest wind
Made him crouch down limp

8. And death visited his life so he became
A lifeless body, though once exalted when living

9. And his soul settled into the hollows of his eyes
Shining like an inflamed ember

10. An ember in his eyes though he could not
See anything but darkness

11. His nerves were addled until he seemed
An old decrepit man in his twenties

12. Faltering when he tried to walk
Stumbling at every step

13. You would not see him raging and complaining
But calm and restrained

14. His soul withering within his body
Bearing anguish in every limb

15. Grieving for his youth, singing
Your rain clouds promised rain when they gathered

16. His youth on its deathbed, he sings to it
He did not cry for your union, not even in a dream

17. Whenever he moaned from his pains
He would choke back his groans

18. Lost, searching for his hopes
He sees his soul has turned to loathing

19. And were it not for the soul within him
The beholder would see just an inanimate body

20. The disease overwhelmed him and he fell
Seeking refuge in his grave, sheltered

21. He refuses to weep in his misery
And dawn refuses to smile

22. He denies the night when night falls
The moon in its expanse or any stars

23. He denies the world as it denied him
His people shunned him, sickened

24. They denied him shelter until
His home became forbidden to him

25. Woe! Where can he find a place to rest?
Woe! Where can he find a meal?

26. If only he were a bird that inhabited a nest
If only he were a wild donkey that brays

27. If only he did not exist, for existing
In this state is better for him than nothingness

28. O people! He is your brother and his father
Is your father, if you consider Adam

29. Whoever shows mercy on earth to a
Wretched brother will find mercy in heaven

30. The world is shared among you all
So leave him some small portion

31. Grieving for his youth, singing
Your rain clouds promised rain when they gathered

32. His youth on its deathbed, he sings to it
He did not cry for your union, not even in a dream

33. Whenever he moaned from his pains
He would choke back his groans

34. Lost, searching for his hopes
He sees his soul has turned to loathing

35. And were it not for the soul within him
The beholder would see just an inanimate body

36. The disease overwhelmed him and he fell
Seeking refuge in his grave, sheltered

37. He refuses to weep in his misery
And dawn refuses to smile

38. He denies the night when night falls
The moon in its expanse or any stars

39. He denies the world as it denied him
His people shunned him, sickened

40. They denied him shelter until
His home became forbidden to him

41. Woe! Where can he find a place to rest?
Woe! Where can he find a meal?

42. If only he were a bird that inhabited a nest
If only he were a wild donkey that brays

43. If only he did not exist, for existing
In this state is better for him than nothingness

44. O people! He is your brother and his father
Is your father, if you consider Adam

45. Whoever shows mercy on earth to a
Wretched brother will find mercy in heaven

46. The world is shared among you all
So leave him some small portion