1. I returned from pilgrimage with no gain
Though I held it in high esteem and pride

2. And how I strove for it with every effort
Yet my improvisation and composition were of no use

3. The opportunity for facilitation slipped by me
It exists no more, neither in reality nor hypothetically

4. The deadline for reducing my debt has passed
For its guarantee was possessory lien

5. I thought I had a special dispensation
But the refusal was my special distinction

6. More devastating than earthquakes in my trouble
Is my turmoil and shaking on earth

7. Had destiny lightened the burden from me
I would now be in the land of Hejaz

8. I fear not raids of an army upon me
My fear is only of my creditor

9. I am no Bolshevik in my time
Nor am I Fascist or Nazi

10. Nor am I extreme in my view of it
Nor am I of that ilk and type