1. ما كنت أوثر فى دينى وتوحيدي

    خوادع الآل عن زادي ومورودي

    I never preferred, in my faith and belief in God's oneness,

    the mirage's deceits over my provisions and my watering place.

  2. غررن بى وبحسبى أن راويتى

    ملأى هُريقت على ظمأى من البيد

    They deceived me; it is enough for me that my waterskin,

    brimming, was spilled upon a parched stretch of desert.

  3. أفرغتها و برغمى انها انحدرت

    بيضاء كالروح فى سوداء صيخود

    I emptied it, and against my will it flowed down,

    white as the soul, into a black, hard rock.

  4. ورحت لا انا عن مــائي بمنتهل

    مـاء ولا انا عن زادى بمسعود

    And I went on, neither drinking from my own water supply

    any water, nor finding happiness in my provisions.

  5. أشك ويؤلمنى شكى وابحث عن

    برد اليقين فيفنى فيه مجهودي

    I doubt, and my doubt pains me, and I search for

    the coolness of certainty, and my effort is exhausted in seeking it.

  6. وكـم ألوذ بمن لاذ الانام به

    وأبتغي الظـل فى تيهاء صيهود

    And how often I seek refuge in Him in whom humankind has sought refuge,

    and seek shade in a scorching, trackless wilderness.

  7. الله لي ولصرح الدين من ريب

    مجنونة الرأي ثارت حول معبودي

    God be my defender, and that of faith's edifice, against doubts

    crazed in thought, that have risen around the One I worship.

  8. ان راوغتنى فى نسكي فكم ولجت

    بى المخاطر فى دينى وتوحيدى

    If they outwit me in my worship, how often they have led

    me into perils in my faith and belief in God's oneness.