1. الناس بحر عميق والبعد منهم سفينه

    وقد نصحتك فانظر لنفسك المسكينه

    People are a deep sea, and distance from them is a ship.

    I have advised you, so look to your poor self.

  2. فقلت تذييلا لهما وإن لم تكن مثلهما

    فبحرهم شر بجر فيها البلايا كمينه

    So I spoke in continuation of those two lines, though it was not their equal.

    For their sea is the worst of seas, where calamities lie in ambush.

  3. به التماسيح جمه وكم أفاعي سمينه

    ففر منهم فرارا

    In it are many crocodiles—and how many fat vipers!

    So flee from them—flee!

  4. فالبعد حصن حصينه

    فيها اللآلى الغوالي

    For distance is a secure fortress.

    Within it are precious pearls,

  5. مع العلوق الثمينه

    من كل ذكر وفكر

    Together with treasures of great worth,

    Of every kind of remembrance and reflection,

  6. مع الهدى والسكينه

    والرفق مع جملة أشيا

    Together with guidance and tranquility,

    And gentleness, with a host of things

  7. على المعيشه معينه

    وترك عادات سوء

    That help with one's livelihood,

    And abandoning evil habits,

  8. فيها الشر ورد فينه

    وهي بكل بلاء وكل فقر ضمينه

    In which evils lie buried (apparent reading).

    And they guarantee every affliction and every kind of poverty.

  9. حذار عنها حذار من قبل محنه محينه

    واسلك سبيلا سويا

    Beware of them—beware—before a deadly ordeal.

    And follow a straight path,

  10. على الطريق المبينه

    طريقة ما كماها

    Along the clear road:

    A way like no other,

  11. بيضا نقيه حسينه

    طريقة المصطفى أحمد

    White, pure, beautiful:

    The way of the Chosen One, Ahmad,

  12. بكل خير قينه

    Worthy of every good thing (apparent reading).