1. I have cast nobility from my shoulders,
And humiliation has stripped me of my pride.

2. Neither have the settled given me security,
Nor has the resolute pioneer called upon me.

3. I have not said that I am with the eminent,
Except for one other than my father Ahmad.

4. When will I be free from your love, O Mustafa,
And fail to keep the promise of my birth?

5. I will meet you with the covenant at the disappointment,
Yet here I am in the raiment of the everlasting.

6. If I do not find a supporter,
I will find you a greater support for me than my own hand.

7. Take your time and know that the intelligent one
Takes from his day for tomorrow.

8. For when one passes into death,
The lamentations of the wailers are of no benefit nor avail.

9. Yet I am a gift for the friend,
Who will whisper my secrets or transgress.

10. The visitors are cheered by me
Like eyes are cheered by collyrium.

11. The eyes of the envious are narrowed at me
Like the sun in the eyes of the blind.

12. Neither has distance come between us
Nor a hand pulled away from hand.

13. And may our days be lengthened with dwelling
In the shade of a delicate, tender life.