1. The sword, I wonder which youth it destroys,
And to what purpose it is bent.

2. The days have hunted a bird,
Those who hunt it, their ropes are too short.

3. And Abu Sa'id became in the desert,
Indeed the desert is made happy through him.

4. And the earth was too narrow for him,
Why then did the grave widen for his corpse?

5. Indeed, the earth touched a generous heart,
So the soil expanded and the desert spread.

6. I know not whether to laugh or cry,
As fate destroys me or builds me up.

7. A friend whom we have lost for long,
And a newborn whom we have sadly found.

8. An affliction, though deemed a blessing by people,
And a curse, though deemed a feast by people.

9. They congratulate me about him, but
My pacts and vows console me.

10. A sword I have often struck with
So its blows testify against me.

11. When its shadow dispersed, I began crying,
With me remains clotted blood from it.

12. Of the wonders of night is that my opponent perishes
Yet my sorrow does not perish.

13. Half of my eye is frozen,
And half of my heart is ice.

14. When the tears of my eyes flow over it,
Separation and rejection restrain them from it.

15. Traces of it stay with me as disgrace,
The iron head scratches amongst them.

16. Half of its tears are hot,
And half of its tears are cold.

17. Whoever sees the like of me among people,
I want from fate what I do not want.

18. From the misery of fate, my mind burned,
My witnesses disagreed about it.

19. One congratulated and said an enemy died,
Another consoled and said a beloved died.

20. I saw reason benefits when moderate,
And leads to ruin when exceeding.

21. Like armor, if too light it fails,
And if too heavy, its bearer strains.

22. And like water, some quenches thirst,
But excess drowns the increased amount.

23. I witnessed that I lived an era,
And died while fettered, isolated, destroyed.

24. They said the sea ebbs and flows,
But you ebbed and will not flow again.

25. I wept for you with the eye that did not
Cease shedding generous tears for your misdeeds.

26. You made me cry alive and dead,
So tell me which of your actions is right.

27. And here I am, hating and loving.
And here I am, wretched through you, happy.

28. You left me in every state,
Blaming fate for you and asking for more.

29. No day passes when a noble man dies,
Or a day passes when a praised man lives.

30. I have become like a tooth,
Eaten away, present yet lost.

31. So in leaving you is a chronic illness,
And in extracting you is intense pain.

32. Do not disregard the practice of truth,
For you are the most distant thing.

33. You are the iron sword,
You are the correct knowledge.

34. You are the whole world,
But the world is not eternal.