تشكَّى بنو الدنيا وودُّوا فناءهم

وقد باتَ ذاكَ الأمرُ طوقَهم يعدو

The people of this world complained and wished for their demise

Yet that matter became their yoke, driving them on

إذا انتحروا لم يُدركوا بانتحارِهِم

سوى أَلَمٍ مُضْنٍ يحرِّشهُ العَمد

If they committed suicide, their suicide would not lead them

To anything but severe, excruciating pain

وباءٌ وأمراضٌ، وخورُ عزائمٍ

سلاسلُ بؤسٍ ضاقَ عن حصرها العدُّ

Plagues and diseases, and the loss of resolve

Chains of misery too narrow to be contained