1. O soul, how long will you misguide me?
How long will you not take care of me?

2. How long will you not be reasonable?
You hear, see, and make me aware

3. You have become more hopeful than those gone by
And weaker in conviction than them

4. There will come upon you what
Destroyed past generations

5. O soul, long have you held on
To the ropes of wishes, at times and at others

6. O soul, unless you reform
And emulate the righteous

7. And think upon what I say
So that your heart may soften

8. Where are those who gathered and
Lived feeling safe from events?

9. Erased by time which is
Endless for all creatures

10. Thus their dwellings and what
They gathered belong to others