1. إن قلبي وخاطري

    صيّراني كما ترى

    Indeed, my heart and my mind

    have made me as you see.

  2. أقطعُ الليلَ ساهراً

    أهجرُ النومَ والكرى

    I pass the night awake;

    I forsake sleep and slumber.

  3. وأنيسي مَن يعمر الس

    يِّد لا يعمر القُرى

    And my companion is one who worships the Mas-

    -ter, not one who inhabits villages.

  4. مذ تجلى لناظري

    في سماءٍ وفي الثرى

    Since He revealed Himself to my gaze

    in heaven and in the soil,

  5. ما أرى غير سيدي

    دونَ شكٍّ ولا أمترا

    I see none but my Master,

    without doubt or uncertainty.

  6. أعظم الناسِ فِريةً

    مَن على ربِّه افترى

    The greatest liar among people

    is whoever fabricates lies against his Lord.

  7. أحضروه في كلِّ ما

    يعلم الخلقُ أو يرى

    Make Him present in all that

    creation knows or sees.

  8. واحذروه فإنه

    عينُ مَن عينَه يرى

    And beware of Him, for He is

    the very essence of whoever beholds His essence.