1. Indeed it is a house we are in
Where there is no permanence for an inhabitant

2. So many people have come and gone from it
The night took them, and the day

3. They were travelers who found a resting place
Rested an hour, then traveled on

4. They were loved ones, but
Time has passed and the visiting place is far

5. News of them was obscured since they left
Would that I knew how they are where they went

6. Fate refused that they visit
What they settled in, or that they be visited

7. So many abandoned houses they left
That because of them are empty

8. Thus is the life we see
People depart and houses become vacant

9. What day can you feel safe from fate
When every day it has mishaps

10. How can anyone escape death
When it draws him closer through fleeing

11. The life of this world is but a loan
To people, while with them borrowed

12. Know and be certain that one day
The borrowed must be returned