If you're ambitious to sour your youth
And by age be harried -
Or if you yearn for a snowy white beard -
Go and get married!

Oh yes1 it's great to be venerable.
To your grave you'll be carried.
And if you wish manhood's roses to fade,
Go and get married!

All men ever need is a bed - but kids
From trouble are quarried.
If you aspire to become an old ass,
Go and get married!

Although flirtation may suit you just fine,
By pain you'll be parried.
Still if you're needing that kind of scene,
Go and get married!

You might well be feeling as high as a kite
But spring hasn't tarried.
To hasten the autumn with all of its pains,
Go and get married!

When you set out first you really don't know
How much you'll be worried.
To taste all the good and bad of the earth,
Go and get married!

O Makhtumkuli, you feared not this world.
Your travels were varied.
If you're wishing to follow the Prophet's true path -
Go and get married.