صوفِيَّةٌ ما رَضوا لِلصوفِ نِسبَتَهُم

صوفِيَّةٌ ما رَضوا لِلصوفِ نِسبَتَهُم

حَتّى اِدَّعَوا أَنَّهُم مِن طاعَةٍ صوفوا

حَتّى اِدَّعَوا أَنَّهُم مِن طاعَةٍ صوفوا

Sufis were not content to have their name traced to wool,

Sufis were not content to have their name traced to wool,

until they claimed that through obedience they had become Sufis.

Until they claimed that, through obedience, they had been favored.

تَبارَكَ اللَهُ دَهرٌ حَشوُهُ كَذِبٌ

تَبارَكَ اللَهُ دَهرٌ حَشوُهُ كَذِبٌ

فَالمَرءُ مِنّا بِغَيرِ الحَقِّ مَوصوفُ

فَالمَرءُ مِنّا بِغَيرِ الحَقِّ مَوصوفُ

Blessed be God! An age whose very stuffing is lies—

Blessed be God! An age stuffed with lies!

for every person among us is falsely described.

So each of us is described contrary to the truth.

إِن أَثمَرَ الغُصنُ فَاِمتَدَّت إِلَيهِ يَدٌ

إِن أَثمَرَ الغُصنُ فَاِمتَدَّت إِلَيهِ يَدٌ

تَجنيهِ ظُلماً فَلَيتَ الغُصنَ مَقصوفُ

تَجنيهِ ظُلماً فَلَيتَ الغُصنَ مَقصوفُ

Whenever the branch bears fruit, a hand reaches toward it

If the branch bears fruit and a hand reaches toward it,

to pluck it unjustly—if only the branch were broken!

To harvest its fruit unjustly—would that the branch were snapped!