1. لَو لَم تَكُن طَرقُ هَذا المَوتُ موحِشَةً

    مَخشِيَّةً لَاِعتَراها القَومُ أَفواجا

    If the paths to this death were not desolate

    And dreaded, people would travel them in throngs.

  2. وَكانَ مَن أَلقَتِ الدُنيا عَلَيهِ أَذىً

    يَؤُمُّها تارِكاً لِلعَيشِ أَمواجا

    And whoever the world had cast harm upon

    Would seek them out, leaving life its waves.

  3. كَأسُ المَنيَّةِ أَولى بي وَأَروَحُ لي

    مِن أَن أُكابِدَ إِثراءً وَإِحواجا

    The cup of death is more fitting for me and more restful

    Than enduring wealth and want.

  4. في كُلِّ أَرضٍ صَروفٌ غَيرُ هازِلَةٍ

    يَلعَبنَ بِالناسِ أَفراداً وَأَزواجا

    In every land are turns of fate that do not jest;

    They toy with people, singly and in pairs.