1. فلازم لصمتٍ واعتزالٍ عن الورى

    ودم سهراً والجوعَ كي تتصوّفا

    So hold fast to silence and seclusion from humankind.

    And persist in wakefulness and hunger, so that you may become a Sufi.

  2. وإن بسوى ذا الجمع رمت تصوّفا

    فقد رمت شيئاً ليس فيه تصرُّفا

    And if you seek Sufism by means other than this combination,

    Then you have sought something in which there is no power to act.