1. How many trials have I faced, but Allah protected me from their evil!
I sought benefit for myself in something, but it harmed me.

2. All praise is for You, my Master, Creator of all.
Abundant thanks for what displeased my soul, and what delighted her.

3. I see the eye of displeasure as a heated eye.
And eye of contentment - how soothing it is!

4. The world never ceases muddying its own clarity,
The world never stops embittering its own nectar.

5. We were tested by the world because of our love for it,
With an abode of delusion - what an illusion it cast!

6. Do we not see the days flowing by with their circumstances?
Do we not see the passage of nights and their bitterness?

7. Do we not see the betrayal of time against its people?
Do we not see the approach of death and its circling?

8. By my father's life, truly life is sweet,
And death a cup - how bitter its taste!