1. لولا الدعاوى ما ابتلى من ابتلي

    من كل شخصٍ من رسولٍ أو ولي

    Were it not for claims, He would not have tried those who were tried,

    among all people, whether messenger or saint.

  2. لا تبتلي ما تبتلي واستسلمنْ

    إلى الذي يَقضي به الرحمن لي

    Do not test what you are tested with; surrender

    to what the All-Merciful decrees for me.

  3. فإنه أعلم بي منا بنا

    ومن يكن أعلم بي فهو العلي

    For He knows me better than we know ourselves,

    and whoever knows me better is the Most High.

  4. علم البلاء خبرة فاحكم له

    بالذوقِ فيه وعليه فاعمل

    Knowledge of affliction is experience; so judge it

    by tasting it, and act upon it.

  5. يا نفسُ قومي للذي عرفته

    بكلِّ ما يطلبه لا تأتلي

    O soul, rise for the One you have known,

    with all that He asks; spare no effort.

  6. إنْ كان قولُ الله حيّ نحو ما

    يعطي اللسان فاطلبي لا تحملي

    If the words ‘God is living’ mean what

    the tongue conveys, then seek; do not shoulder the burden.

  7. وليس يدري سرَّ ما أذكره

    في شعرنا الا خبير قد ولي

    And none knows the secret of what I mention

    in our poetry except an adept who has attained sainthood.