1. A man surrenders his brother
To death, and his father

2. And father of sons does not
Remain, nor do his sons remain

3. Many a one mentioned to his people
Is gone from them, so they forgot him

4. And when a man's years have vanished
Years make him vanish

5. And it is as if his kin
Weep over him, and his nearest mourn him

6. And it is as if the people rose
And said, "Catch up with him!"

7. Question him, speak to him,
Stir him, prompt him!

8. But when the people lose hope of him
They say, "Distort him!"

9. Distort him and turn his face,
Stretch him out, close his eyes!

10. Hasten him to travel
Hasten, do not delay him!

11. Lift him up, wash him,
Shroud him, embalm him!

12. So when he is wrapped in the
Shrouds, they say, "Bear him!"

13. Take him out above the
Throngs of death and escort him!

14. So when they have prayed over him,
It is said, "Bring him and bury him!"

15. So when they have consigned him as
A pledge to the earth, they leave him

16. Abandon him beneath the soil
They burden him, they weigh him down

17. They remove him, they crush him
They seclude him, they isolate him

18. They bid him farewell and part from him
They submit him and abandon him

19. And they turn away from him and leave him
As if they never knew him

20. And it is as if the people, in what
Befell him, never tasted him

21. People build, from buildings, what they do not
Inhabit

22. People gather, from money, what they do not
Consume

23. People seek, from wealth, what they do not
Attain

24. Everyone who does not make people his leader is forsaken
The dead incline towards what

25. They forwarded and find it
The life of a people was good so long as

26. The people were content with it
Live as you wish, for whoever's worldly life makes him happy, it makes him happy

27. And if a man does not honor people, they do not honor him
Everyone whom people do not need, they belittle him

28. And whoever people incline towards, they magnify him
Whoever competes with his brother

29. Through wealth, he is his brother
If he looks at him

30. He sees in him what makes him happy
A man is honored even if

31. His farthest descendants honor him
If people saw a prophet

32. Begging, they would not give him
And if they hoped for

33. The provisions of a dog, they would eat it
Do not see me at the end of the

34. Day opening my mouth begging
Indeed, whoever asks apart from the Merciful

35. Has many who forbid him
By Him who established the necklaces

36. Of the earth as adornments, they asked Him
And from the people by the grace of God

37. Dispense, and praise Him
Wear the garments of honor

38. So listen to my words and memorize them
Only he who possesses grace

39. Is recognized by people as possessing it
The best charity is that in which

40. Faces are not humiliated
You are, so long as you can do without

41. Your companion, his lifetime brother
But when you need him

42. For an hour, his mouth gapes