1. Have we not seen, O world, your fickleness
And your betrayal, O world, of us and your transience

2. So you are not a home where contentment can be perfected
Even if you were in the grip of a man of power and kingdom

3. Your unlawful gains, O world, return to misery
And the wise among us are concerned about your lawful gains

4. Your companionship, O world, has much sorrow
So there is no salvation from you except by abandoning you

5. O soul, do not settle in an abode of castles
But take provision for the journey before your departure

6. O soul, do not forget your book and remember
Woe to you if you give it with your left hand

7. O soul, today is a day of disengagement
So devote it, before the day of your preoccupation

8. And, O soul, you are accountable so make easy
An answer for the Day of Assembly before being questioned

9. And, O soul, you are poor so need
The good of what you have sent forth in your deeds

10. It is death, so be wary of it and rejoice when
You are spared, neither against you nor for you