أَحسَنُ زُهدِ المَرءِ في رَغبِهِ

أَحسَنُ زُهدِ المَرءِ في رَغبِهِ

عَمّا عَلَيهِ حَرَّمَ اللَهُ

عَمّا عَلَيهِ حَرَّمَ اللَهُ

A man's finest renunciation lies in his turning away

from what God has forbidden him,

وَأَخَذَهُ بِالقَصدِ فيما اِقتَنى

وَأَخَذَهُ بِالقَصدِ فيما اِقتَنى

وَتَرَكَهُ ما لَيسَ يُعناهُ

وَتَرَكَهُ ما لَيسَ يُعناهُ

and his keeping to moderation in what he has acquired,

and his leaving aside what does not concern him,

مِن بَعدِ أَن يَدخُلَ باباً غَدا

مِن بَعدِ أَن يَدخُلَ باباً غَدا

باطِنُهُ إِسمٌ لِمَعناهُ

باطِنُهُ إِسمٌ لِمَعناهُ

after he enters a gate whose

inner reality has become a name for its meaning.