1. If Allah decrees a matter, it is made so,
How can we be ignorant of what is not unknown?

2. We surely know that we will follow those who have gone before,
Who have passed away, though in our hopes we live long.

3. I guaranteed the seeker of this life and its adornments,
That he will remain busy with it as long as he lives.

4. O Lord, whoever is deceived by his victoriousness,
Finds himself in the mornings and evenings rolled in the dust.

5. And many rejoice in wealth they consume,
One day eating it, the next drinking it, when it becomes consumable.

6. He kept crying over the dead and carrying them,
Until we saw him crying and being carried.