1. By Him who gives life and death
No youth but has lapses

2. And no young man but his sharpness will be blunted
And youth's vitality and vigor will fade

3. A young man is stirred to move and to rest
But a day will surely come to still all movements

4. He who pursues passions, one after another
His reason fragmented by desires

5. He who is safe from the world, unaffected by its sweetness
Or bitterness, such stability I have not seen

6. Some souls respond to God's call and depart
Others await the caller of death

7. Displeasure and pleasure with fate
Alternate warnings and promises for them

8. If you gain wealth you say "my money and riches"
But what is yours except God and good deeds