1. My phantoms visited while my friends slept,
An apparition came from Umm al-Husn.

2. Did you not see her appear to you at dawn
With eyes full of generosity and beauty?

3. She was nourished among rivers and valleys,
And lasting crops and folded vineyards.

4. She has whatever she desires, filtered honey
When she wants, and maidens with oils,

5. She gave whenever asked, youth,
Sprouting plants unlike any withered ones.

6. So I said, how did Sulayma ensnare me,
Without my seeing her until she shot me?

7. She is an idol that does not refuse or avoid,
When her ropes are tied to the neck.

8. I said to my friends, what made her crazed,
Disheveled, with a right hand dyed red?

9. Mysterious in their attributes, yet they are docile,
As if their skins are silken garments.

10. They left the monastery and returned to it,
After equating me to the highest monk.

11. Oh, would that I were a rock in a valley
That stayed put! Would that my mother had not birthed me!

12. Oh guide, enough! Do not blame me!
And do not ruin yourself, leave me be!

13. For I have worn out life until
I grew weary of living, so I said, "Finish me!"

14. I met disasters and they went wrong against me,
Accumulated evils that rose over my peak.

15. My brother blames me for wasting my money,
But it did not go down my throat or into my belly.

16. Nor did I squander it, so do not blame me,
For wasting your money brings no benefit.

17. Rather, every destitute leech will say,
"Listen, let me tell you of my plight!"

18. A blind beggar once said,
"Help me, for God's sake, do not leave me!"

19. Giving to relatives,
And being generous to the frail and poor,

20. I protect my reputation through this, and preserve my honor
From me when the record keepers come for me.

21. And I know the Destroyer will come for me,
For if I do not follow, it will pursue me.

22. I saw those who hoard wealth one day,
Their fate is to meet burial.