1. You claimed I was ignorant,
Greedy, with no heart for dignity,

2. Or like people led astray by pride,
Who made the self their dignity.

3. Or like one who was distraught over a passing matter,
Who forsook sincerity and was misled by whims,

4. Or like one whose heart's rope was tied to people,
Until he became distant and tore it apart.

5. Or like one who had a secret desire for concealment,
So he tore open the seal in confusion,

6. Or like one who made a resolve with his own hand,
Then in the intoxication of the self became conceited and satisfied.

7. Or like one who made a covenant with his Master
About people's states, then neglected it and voided it.

8. Or like one for whom the firmness of contentment was tied,
Yet he saw his own firmness until it burst open.

9. Or like one for whom the table of the unseen was set out
From a palm and through the unseen then he rejected it.

10. Or like one whom a knower touched on the forehead,
So he returned his palms and bit them.

11. Or like one called "Come and look at our light!"
But he closed his eyes and frowned.

12. Or like one told "Sit with us,
We are safe," but he arrogantly stood up.

13. Or like one who rolled up his sleeves for the Sunnah
And earnest work, but neglected the obligatory.

14. Or like one called to stop in our oasis,
But he disobeyed the command and chose suffering.

15. Or like one who had a jewel placed on his apron
But he threw it off of himself and shook it away.

16. Or like one who extended a hand to others,
And through it felt the pain of the world.

17. Or like one whom they attracted with generosity
But he rose above generosity and withdrew.

18. I swear by the cave dwellers of the cloak,
And those whose love Allah made obligatory,

19. That I am of a people who through their Master became exalted,
Whether the envious one agreed or objected.

20. And of those content with their Creator,
Whether the neighbor one day loved or hated.

21. And of the people who seized
The opportunity for sincerity by leaving ambition.

22. And of the party who were preoccupied
With a Beloved; they have no substitute for Him.

23. They left strangers out of their thoughts,
With the abandon of one determined to seek the desired.