The Soul Cries Imam Ali (as) poem

The soul cries over this world and yet acknowledges that the happiness within it is to abandon
what is within it.

There is no house for the individual to live in after death, except for the one that he built before
his death.

And if he built it with goodness, pleasing his settlement will become.
And if he built it with evil, dissapointed its builder will be.

Our money for our heirs we collect it, and our homes for the corruption of time we build it.

Where are the kings that were proudly dictating? Till the pourer of death poured death upon
them.

And how many cities were built upon the horizon? Which eventually became devastated while its
citizens tasted death.

Dont submit to this world and whats within it, for surely, without a doubt, death will end us
and end it.

For every soul, even if it was powerful, had hopes that were overcome by death.

The individual entertains it [the soul] while time kills it
And the individual opens it, while death puts an end to it

Surely the perfection of morals is pure
Religion is its first, intellect is its second
And knowledge is its third, and tolerance is its fourth
And generous is its fifth, and graciousness is its sixth
And activity serving the people is its seventh, and thankfulness is its eighth
And patience is its ninth, and gentleness is its preserver

And the soul knows that I do not befriend it
And I wont take the wise step to disobey it

And I work for tomorrow world [the Hereafter] to the satisfaction of its ower
And the neighbour is Ahmed [Prophet Muhammad's (PBUH) other name] [n heaven and the
Merciful [Allah SWT] is its creator

Its palaces are golden, and its heavenly perfume is its mud
And the saffron is its lushed grasses, graffitied upon it
Its rivers are yoghurt, purified and of honey
And heavenly wine flows, of sweet nectar, in its canals
And the birds fly between their branches, praising Allah [SWT] loudly in their songs

And whoever wants to own a home here he should build it, with a sincere prayer in the darkness
of the night.