1. عليك بروحك السرِّ الإلهي

    إلى كم أنت عن ذا السر لاهي

    Hold fast to your spirit, the divine secret.

    How long will you be heedless of this secret?

  2. أتطلبه وروحك أمره قد

    أتاك عن السوى لك منك ناهي

    Do you seek it, though your spirit is His command, which has

    come to you from within you, bidding you shun all else?

  3. فبينك لو عرفت وبين رب

    قديم جلَّ روحُك فادرِ ما هي

    For between you, if you knew, and a Lord

    eternal—exalted is He—stands your spirit; know what it is.

  4. وجسمك دون قدرِك وهو فانٍ

    به المفتون أنت وفي تلاهي

    And your body is beneath your worth, and it is transient;

    you are beguiled by it, immersed in diversion.

  5. وروحك يا ابن آدم ليس تفنى

    وتلك لك البقاء بلا تناهي

    And your spirit, O son of Adam, does not perish;

    and it is your abiding existence, without end.

  6. هي البرق اللموع خلا ببيت

    بنته بالتراب وبالمياه

    It is the gleaming lightning, dwelling alone in a house

    that it built of dust and water.

  7. وهدم البيت معلوم فعجل

    بكشفك عنك هذا البيت واهي

    And the house's destruction is known, so hasten

    to strip this house from yourself—it is frail.

  8. ولا تحسب بأنك أنت جسم

    فإنك غافل عن أنت ساهي

    Do not suppose that you are a body,

    for you are heedless of your own self, distracted.

  9. وأنت الروح وهي عليك جاءت

    ملبسة من الأمر الإلهي

    And you are the spirit, which has come upon you,

    clothed by the divine command.

  10. فحقق صورة لك أنت فيها

    تجدها الروح حمراء الشفاه

    So discern a form of yours in which you dwell;

    you will find it to be the spirit, red-lipped.

  11. يصورها الذي هي في يديه

    كما قد شاء في ذلٍّ وجاه

    He in whose hands it lies gives it form,

    as He has willed, in abasement and prestige,

  12. وفي مرض وعافية وحسن

    وقبح فاتصف بالإنتباه

    and in illness, health, and beauty,

    and ugliness; so be attentive.

  13. ألا فاقرأ له الخلق اكتفاءً

    به والأمر يا ذا الإشتباه

    Lo, recite: 'His is creation,' finding sufficiency

    in Him, 'and the command,' O bewildered one.

  14. فجسمك خلقه والروح أمر

    له فافهم بفهم منه باهي

    For your body is His creation, and the spirit a command

    of His; so understand with radiant insight from Him.

  15. وجسمك فاعطه حقاً بشرعٍ

    ومنه على الثرى وضع الجباه

    And give your body its due according to sacred law;

    and part of that is laying foreheads upon the earth.

  16. وحق الروح أخلاق حسان

    ونحو الحق تحقيق اتجاه

    And the spirit's due is noble character,

    and a genuine turning toward the Truth.

  17. وقم بأوامر التكليف واترك

    بإخلاص له كل المناهي

    And carry out the commands of religious duty, and abandon,

    in sincere devotion to Him, all forbidden things.

  18. تجد فيه الترقي كل وقت

    وللذكرى تنبهك الملاهي

    You will find ascent in it at every moment,

    and diversions will awaken you to remembrance.

  19. فإن حققته وتركت حكماً

    عليك له دفعت إلى الدواهي

    For if you realize Him, yet abandon a ruling

    of His binding upon you, you will be driven into calamities.

  20. ولم يحفظ عليك الوقت حتى

    يضلَّك بالمعاند والمضاهي

    And your time will go unguarded, until

    He leads you astray through the adversary and the imitator.

  21. ومن يفرق ولو من بعد جمع

    عليه آمر يدعو وناهي

    And whoever makes distinctions, even after union,

    is subject to one who commands and calls, and one who forbids.

  22. وروح النفخ منه ومن عداه

    فيلحق بالبهائم والشياه

    And the spirit of the breath is from Him; whoever passes Him by

    then joins the beasts and sheep.

  23. وأما الإحترام فذاك شيء

    به أبداً يصير القلب زاهي

    And as for reverence, that is something

    by which the heart becomes forever radiant.