1. Our words we know
We and who knows us
١. كلامنا نعرفه
نحن ومن يعرفنا
2. And understands them
Among people who understand us
٢. وإنما يفهمه
في الناس من يفهمنا
3. And did not ignore them
Except who ignores us
٣. ولم يكن يجهله
إلا الذي يجهلنا
4. And who rejects it should be
Accompanying our gathering
٤. ومن يرده فليكن
ملازماً مجلسنا
5. Or a gathering for all whom
Truth has taught to be loyal to us
٥. أو مجلساً لكل من
تَلْمَذَهُ الصدقُ لنا
6. And his heart is a believer
And thinks well of us
٦. وقلبه معتقد
ويحسن الظن بنا
7. And hears praise of
Our words from our own mouths
٧. ويسمع التقرير عن
كلامنا من فمنا
8. And does not imitate an ignorant one
Regarding the truth in what we were blamed
٨. ولا يقلد جاهلاً
بالحق فيما طعنا
9. For among people there is envy
And ill thinking like us
٩. فالناس فيهم حسد
وسوء ظن كمنا
10. And ignorance of God is
Something good for them
١٠. والجهل بالله لهم
قد صار شيئاً حسنا
11. And every person claims
What is not openly in him
١١. وكل شخص يدعي
ما ليس فيه علنا
12. And they have no shame
From them nor our Lord
١٢. ولا حياء عندهم
منهم ولا من ربنا
13. And even if they ignored
Their duties and our traditions
١٣. وإن يكونوا جهلوا
فروضهم والسننا
14. Then their closeness is perdition
And their distance is the goal
١٤. فقربهم هو الردى
وبعدهم هو المنى