1. يا قليل الصبر والجلدِ

    خلق الإنسان في كبدِ

    O you of little patience and endurance,

    The human being was created in hardship.

  2. فالتفت فالظل أنت له

    وتواجد في الهوى تجد

    So turn, for you are His shadow,

    And seek ecstasy in love—you will find.

  3. كل من في الكون مشتغل

    بالإله الواحد الصمد

    Everyone in the universe is occupied

    With God, the One, the Self-Sufficient.

  4. لكن الجهال عنه به

    في اشتغالات إلى الأبد

    But the ignorant, away from Him yet through Him,

    Are engaged in pursuits forever.

  5. واشتغال العارفين به

    فيه لم يلووا على أحد

    And the knowers' preoccupation with Him

    Is in Him; they have turned toward no one else.

  6. والذي يبدو لأعينهم

    كله أوصافه فقد

    And whatever appears to their eyes—

    All of it is His attributes, and nothing more.