1. Life burdened him,
And troubles overwhelmed him,

2. And his visions confounded him,
So he was no longer like hearts,

3. And he was nothing but
What the nights related of him.

4. He witnessed the glory of the eminent,
And so his taste changed.

5. I protected him with the Quran,
And with the noble Hadith,

6. From sorrow and disgrace,
And from the approach of autumn.

7. I protected him and so
The torment of illusion passed,

8. And he gained from the past
A lifetime of desire in truth.

9. A heart built its life
On wishing for death,

10. So its affair did not end
With passion or hope.

11. And it did not leave its affair
Except to its end,

12. So its purity blessed it
With the sadness of God's grasp.

13. I asked it about its dwelling,
And it told me it had sold it

14. To a buyer - if only you could see him!
You would say I forgot it.

15. I wondered at the buyer -
What is his state, I wonder?

16. And the brilliant seller
Says to me, "Or do you see?"

17. And an old man circled me like an apparition,
His clarity clouded by troubles,

18. His food from hearts.
I asked him his name,

19. And he said, "This is the age."
And his appearance astonished me -

20. All of it from affliction.
And my heart said to him,

21. "When did you lose purpose?"
His state answered him,

22. "I lost comforting wishes."
"O heart, purpose

23. I inherited from my father.
Is lack of comfort

24. My pursuit after purpose?"
"My Lord, what do I need

25. With lengthening of my term?
And in the soil is my comfort

26. After the end of hope."