تَحَمَّل ثِقلَ نَفسِكَ وَاِحفَظَنها

تَحَمَّل ثِقلَ نَفسِكَ وَاِحفَظَنها

فَقَد حَطَّ المُهَيمِنُ عَنكَ ثِقلي

فَقَد حَطَّ المُهَيمِنُ عَنكَ ثِقلي

Bear the burden of your own self, and guard it well.

Bear the burden of your self and tend to it

For the Guardian has lifted my burden from you.

For the Almighty has lifted from you my burdens

أَلَم تَرَ عالَماً يَمضي وَيَأتي

أَلَم تَرَ عالَماً يَمضي وَيَأتي

سِواهُ كَأَنَّهُ مَرعيُّ بَقلِ

سِواهُ كَأَنَّهُ مَرعيُّ بَقلِ

Have you not seen a world pass away and be followed

Do you not see a world coming and going

By another, as though it were grazed herbage?

While it remains as if it were pasture for herbs

هِيَ الأَفهامُ قَد صَدِئَت وَكَلَّت

هِيَ الأَفهامُ قَد صَدِئَت وَكَلَّت

وَلَم يَظفَر لَها أَحَدٌ بِصَقلِ

وَلَم يَظفَر لَها أَحَدٌ بِصَقلِ

The minds have rusted and grown dull,

They are minds rusted and worn down

And no one has succeeded in polishing them.

And none could polish them to a sheen

أَتَعقُلُ ساعَةً فَتَرومَ عَقلاً

أَتَعقُلُ ساعَةً فَتَرومَ عَقلاً

لِعَنسِكَ أَم خُلِقتَ بِغَيرِ عَقلِ

لِعَنسِكَ أَم خُلِقتَ بِغَيرِ عَقلِ

Will you use reason for a moment, and seek a hobble

Do you reason an hour and covet reason

For your she-camel, or were you created without reason?

For your livelihood or were you created without reason?

وَكَيفَ أُجيدُ في دارٍ بِناءً

وَكَيفَ أُجيدُ في دارٍ بِناءً

وَرَبُّ الدارِ يُؤذِنُني بِنَقلِ

وَرَبُّ الدارِ يُؤذِنُني بِنَقلِ

And how can I build well in a dwelling,

How can I settle in a house

While the dwelling's master gives me notice to move?

When the Master of the house gives notice I must leave