1. إِتبَع طَريقاً لِلهُدى لاحِباً

    وَخَلِّ آثاراً بِمَلحوبِ

    Follow a broad, clear path to guidance,

    And leave the ruins at Malhub behind.

  2. أُفٍّ لِدُنيايَ فَإِنّي بِها

    لَم أَخلُ مِن إِثمٍ وَمِن حوبِ

    Fie on my worldly life, for in it I

    Have not been free of sin and wrongdoing.

  3. قُلتُ لَها اِمضي غَيرَ مَصحوبَةٍ

    فَقالَت اِذهَب غَيرَ مَصحوبِ

    I said to her, “Go, unaccompanied.”

    So she said, “Go, unaccompanied.”