1. O Fatimah, lessen your blame of me, for I only

    indulge my soul, now that my departure has been decreed.

  2. She says, "You took on debt in cash, and deliberately."

    I hastened to enjoy my wealth, remembering what would come after me.

  3. So if you intended to save, then desist;

    the toil is yours; you preserve whatever remains.

  4. O Fatimah, what help can you offer against what befalls me,

    when my soul rises until it touches the collarbones?

  5. And they have already sent their forerunners and prepared

    a shallow well that wets no bucket's crossbars.

  6. And those who once loved my company now

    love parting from me, though I have done them no wrong.

Sol 6.1