yatha -- as; abudhah -- someone who is unintelligent; jalam -- water; hitva -- overlooking; praticchannam -- covered; tat-udbhavaih -- by the plants growing in it; abhyeti -- approaches; mriga-trishnam -- a mirage; vai -- indeed; tadvat -- in that same way; tva -- You; aham -- I; parak-mukhah -- turned away.

Just as a fool overlooks a body of water covered by the vegetation growing in it and chases a mirage, so I have turned away from You.