1. From where are you, and who can tell you where I am from?
My nature is serious, while yours is frivolous.

2. You did not come sent, but rather you came stirring up trouble.
My worries and thoughts are not awakened by worry.

3. I remained in love for a lifetime I cannot calculate,
Like the companions of the cave, not knowing how long they remained.

4. They denigrated al-Lawzi searching for his faults,
And they did not know they were searching for their own demise.