1. ألا إحذر ملاقاةَ الرزايا

    فإن ورودَها إحدى البلايا

    Beware, indeed, of meeting misfortunes,

    For their coming is one of the afflictions.

  2. لقد أبديتَ جهلاً فوق جهلٍ

    وعمرُك تم إتمامَ الخطايا

    You have indeed shown ignorance upon ignorance,

    And your life has run its course in completing sins.

  3. قضاء اللَه ينقضُ ما قضته

    طبيعتُنا على تلك القضايا

    God's decree overturns what has been decreed

    By our nature concerning those matters.

  4. فإن تحذر تجد يوماً سعيداً

    يريك العمرَ آخرَه المنايا

    For if you take heed, you will find a happy day,

    On which death shows you the end of life.

  5. فيومك عاد آخرَ كل يومٍ

    فخَف نفساً ذخائرها الأسايا

    Thus each day of yours has become your last;

    So fear a soul whose treasures are sorrows.

  6. وثقِّف ما نويتَ به بِسرٍّ

    لأن اللَه كشاف النوايا

    And set right what you have intended by it in secret,

    For God lays bare intentions.

  7. ولا تجنح إلى أعمال قومٍ

    نسوا ما قد أسرَّته الطوايا

    And do not incline toward the deeds of people

    Who forgot what their innermost hearts had concealed.

  8. إذا أطراك إنسانٌ بمدحٍ

    فقل كم من خبايا في الزوايا

    If someone extols you with praise,

    Then say: How many secrets lie in corners!

  9. وإن ترغب وصايا الله تَمدَحْ

    وصيَّتَه على كل الوصايا

    And if you desire God's commandments, you will praise

    His commandment above all commandments.

  10. ولا تفرح بخيرٍ قد جنته

    عليك بخبثها أيدي الجنايا

    And do not rejoice in any good already reaped

    Against you, in their malice, by the hands of wrongdoing.

  11. فإن تشك الخطا يُسعدْك وقتٌ

    رهيبٌ لا تفيد به الشكايا

    For if you lament sin, a time will aid you—

    A dreadful one, in which complaints are of no avail.

  12. وإن تُعط العليْ نفساً وجسماً

    تنل من جوده أسنى العطايا

    And if you give the Most High your soul and body,

    You will gain the most splendid gifts from His bounty.

  13. وإن تُصلَب به طوعاً وحبّاً

    بِمُورثه ترثْ إرث البقايا

    And if you are crucified with Him willingly and in love,

    Through His bequest, you will inherit the legacy of what remains.

  14. فعش للَه تحيَ به سعيداً

    وإلّا أنشبت فيك المنايا

    So live for God, and through Him live happily,

    Or else death will sink its claws into you.

  15. وإركب من مطاياه جَنيباً

    يفوت بوَخده وَخْدَ المطايا

    And ride a led mount from among His mounts,

    Whose swift stride outstrips the stride of other mounts.

  16. هو الصبر الذي من سار فيه

    تسير به الفضائل والمزايا

    It is patience; whoever journeys in it,

    Virtues and excellences carry him onward.

  17. كسلطانٍ سما في دَسْتِ ملكٍ

    عليه من فضائله حنايا

    Like a sovereign risen high upon a royal throne,

    Above him rise arches of his virtues.

  18. يطوف عليه من مولاه كاسٌ

    يفوق شرابُها ماء الركايا

    A cup from his Lord is passed to him,

    Whose drink surpasses the water of wells.

  19. وتخفق دونه أعلام بِرٍّ

    وبين يديه أعمال الهدايا

    And banners of righteousness flutter beneath him,

    And before him are acts of gift-giving.

  20. فقل وثناك يُسفرُ عن كمال

    أنا ابن جلا وطلّاع الثنايا

    So say, while your praise reveals perfection:

    I am the son of Jala, and the scaler of mountain passes.

  21. وما قد سُدتُ دون الناس إلّا

    لأني لا أُعَدُّ من الرعايا

    And I have risen above other people only

    Because I am not counted among the subjects.

  22. وكم خبّأت في نفسي كنوزاً

    فقد وأبيك أغنتني الخبايا

    And how many treasures I have hidden within myself!

    For indeed, by your father, hidden things have enriched me.

  23. ولن تخفى على المولى الخوافي

    لأن اللَه علام الخفايا

    And hidden things will never be concealed from the Lord,

    For God knows all secrets.

  24. ولذ بحمى البتولة حين تدعو

    بمريم إنها خير البرايا

    And seek refuge in the Virgin's sanctuary when you call

    Upon Mary; she is the best of creatures.

  25. لها في عالم الملكوت فضلٌ

    كذا في عالم الدنيا مزايا

    She has eminence in the heavenly realm,

    And likewise distinctions in the realm of this world.

  26. لها إرث السما والأرض طرّاً

    لها السلطان ثم لها القضايا

    Hers is the inheritance of all heaven and earth;

    Hers is dominion, and then hers are the judgments.

  27. لها الإكرام من إنسٍ وجنٍّ

    ومن إنعامها غَفْرُ الخطايا

    She is honored by humans and jinn,

    And among her favors is the forgiveness of sins.

  28. لها منا سلام الله لما

    أتى جبريل يهديها الهدايا

    To her, from us, God's greeting of peace, as when

    Gabriel came bearing gifts to her.