1. كل شيء به تعلُّقُ شيءٍ

    كان أعلى منه بغير اشتباهِ

    Everything to which something is attached

    Is higher than it, beyond all doubt.

  2. فتأمل يا من تعلق منه ال

    قلب جهلاً بماله والجاه

    So reflect, O one whose

    Heart clings in ignorance to his wealth and rank.

  3. قلبك الآن صار أدنى من الدن

    يا ومن شأنها الحقير الواهي

    Your heart has now become lower than the

    World, and than its lowly, frail condition.

  4. وهي ملعونة فما هو أدنى

    كيف قل لي يكون عند الله

    And it is accursed; so that which is lower still—

    How, tell me, will it stand in God's sight?