1. I have severed the ropes of hope from you
And dismounted the luggage from my camel's back

2. And despaired that I remain for anything I gained
From you, O world, and that anything remains for me

3. And I found the coldness of despair in my heart
And relaxed from my worries and wanderings

4. And if I aspired for the gleam of a charming lightning
It gleamed for one who aspires and glitters for nobles

5. Your hope was most ill-omened when it was my killer
And the daughters of your promise confused my mind

6. Now, O world, I have known you so go away
O abode of all dispersion and decline

7. And now time has become well-mannered toward me
So it came upon me and went away with examples

8. And now I have seen the path to guidance
And my resolve was relieved of preoccupations

9. And old age had eulogized me
Emptying upon me separation and hatred

10. And I saw death brandishing its sword
In the hand of mortality wherever I turned

11. And I saw the bonds of life tattered
And the heirs turned toward my wealth

12. And I saw evidence for annihilation
In how my state changed and altered

13. And when I contemplate, I see the events
Running with sustenance and lifespans

14. And when men trace their ancestry I see
No lineage compared to righteous deeds

15. And when I search for the devout I find him
A man whose actions confirm his words

16. And when a man fears God and obeys Him
You see him between virtues and fine traits

17. Upon the devout when established in piety
Are two crowns, tranquility and majesty

18. Night and day alternate
With people coming and going

19. And according to who laments their soul
Of days and nights that have passed

20. Strike with your eyelids wherever you wish for you are in
Lessons that have remedy and succession

21. The new grows old while you renew it
And all you renewed of it will perish

22. O you who will be in his grave tomorrow
Scattered in limbs and torn apart

23. Dedication to guidance has relieved him
And I see your residence lengthy of tails

24. And seldom does one who fools themselves find
A playful jester walking proudly

25. O trader of sin, harmful in maturity
Till when will you profit from sin?

26. Praise be to Allah, the Praiseworthy in His bounty
The hands of the idle have lost and gained nothing

27. For Allah is a day skins will shudder from
And the forelocks of children will gray

28. The day of adversities, quakes, and terrors
In which burdens will be cast

29. The day of variance, dissent, and dread
And matters of tremendous horrors

30. A day in which every misguided one will be called
To the fires and shackles

31. For the reverent there will be an honored abode
Faces lit with radiance and beauty

32. Groups whose faces shone for reckoning
With a brilliance and hills for them

33. And early comers, fair-faced brides
Ran with slender waists and light loads

34. From every disheveled and dusty innovator
The robe of the multi-patched gown befell him

35. They descended to a generous master so He shaded them
In the abode of majestic kingship and shade

36. The schemes of man in matters are many
Yet death cuts off the craft of the schemer

37. And from the eulogizers to man himself
The steps pace and the crescent of each new moon

38. Why do I see you frowning out of conceit
You have made the faces of men frowning, O world

39. I weighed the question and it was of greatest value
Than any female inquirer's question

40. Be more tightfisted in questioning
Than one who is miserly with wealth

41. And preserve praise as much as you can for it
Outweighs in measure every other gift

42. And I am amazed by one who bears fruit from their wealth
Yet forgets the adornment of moderation

43. And if a man wears doubts with his resolve
He takes the path while sitting in misguidance

44. And if the deceits of events make a call
The deaths of heroes testify for them

45. And if you are tested with spending your face pleading
Then spend it upon the noble and virtuous

46. And if you fear hardship in a land
Strengthen your hands by promptly moving on

47. And be patient with what is not the time for
The relief of adversities is like freeing a tied camel