1. Have you not seen that fate has torn me to shreds
And burdened me with humiliation and endowed me with glory?

2. Oh, many a face in the dust was once frowning
When I feared the tyranny of fate or a blow from its hand.

3. Kings and brothers whom you see—from their generosity
Humans are adorned in brocade and splendor.

4. I have lost them, though I wished otherwise,
And treasured them as reward and recompense in the bellies of the earth.