Sol 6.1

  1. تَقِ اللَهَ وَاِحذَر أَن يَغُرَّكَ ناسِكٌ

    بِما هُوَ فيهِ مِن تَغَيُّرِ حالِهِ

    Fear God, and beware lest an ascetic deceive you

    By the change in his condition.

  2. فَما أَنفُسُ الأَقوامِ إِلّا تَوابِعٌ

    لِقائِلِ زورٍ مُفرِطٍ في مُحالِه

    For people's souls are nothing but followers

    Of a speaker of lies, extravagant in his absurdities.

  3. فَهَذا الَّذي في صَومِهِ وَصَلاتِهِ

    كَذاكَ الَّذي في حِلِّهِ وَاِرتِحالِهِ

    So this man, in his fasting and his prayer,

    Is like that man, in his staying and his travels.

  4. فَكَذِّب زَعيماً قالَ إِنّي دَيِّنٌ

    فَما دينُهُ إِلّا ضَعيفُ اِنتِحالِهِ

    So disbelieve a leader who says, 'I am indeed devout';

    For his religion is nothing but his feeble profession of it.

  5. يُماحِلُ في الدُنيا الخَؤَونِ وَإِنَّما

    يُؤَمِّلُ نَزراً فانِياً بِمُحالِهِ

    He schemes in the treacherous world, and only

    Hopes for a fleeting pittance through his absurdities.

  6. وَمَن يَكتَحِل بِالسُهدِ في طَلَبِ العُلا

    يَجُز أَن يَرى مِنهاجَها بِاِكتِحالِهِ

    And whoever lines his eyes with sleeplessness in pursuit of eminence

    May see the path to it through his use of kohl.