1. By God, the kiss of pillows
No, nor the embrace of cloaks

2. Is as sweet in my perception
As the hut and little chambers

3. With fasting and with want, have I
Turned from comfort and from prattle

4. Naught remains except seclusion
It suffices what I was intent upon

5. Until I walk seeking my livelihood
While sustenance and means have ceased

6. Who is just to me for the wrong
Of a time that continues to waver

7. How many events occurred between me and it
Steps of separation and meeting

8. And Musa protected me with what
He bestowed of those virtues