1. رجومُ شياطين الهوى أدمع تجري

    فتاجرْ فإن الربح في ذلك التجر

    Flowing tears are missiles against the devils of desire.

    So trade, for profit lies in that trade.

  2. رجوتُ لنفسي عفوَ ربي لخوفه

    ومدحَ الرسول الطاهر الطيب النجر

    I hoped for my Lord's pardon for myself through fear of Him

    and praise of the Messenger, pure and noble of lineage.

  3. رجا ذلك الفضل العميم هو الذي

    رجوتُ فاجرى في المديح إلى الأجر

    Hope for that all-embracing bounty is what

    I hoped for; so I race in praise toward reward.

  4. رجزتُ بمدح المصطفى وجعلته

    قصائدَ أهدى في الرجا من سنا الفجر

    I chanted verse in praise of the Chosen One and made it

    poems, better guides to hope than the radiance of dawn.

  5. رجعتُ إلى نفسي وقلت لها ارجعي

    عن الهجر يا نفسي وخافي من الهجر

    I turned back to my soul and said to it, 'Turn away

    from foul speech, O my soul, and fear being forsaken.

  6. رجوعاً إلى المولى وشكراً فإنما

    دُعيت إلى أجر وحذرت من بجر

    Return to the Lord and give thanks, for you have only

    been called to reward and warned against grievous evil.'

  7. رجاحة ميزاني رجوتُ بزجرها

    لتنجوَ من رجز العقوبة بالزجر

    By rebuking my soul, I hoped my scales would weigh heavy,

    so that it might escape the torment of punishment through rebuke.

  8. رجالُ الوغى بالعلم قاموا بأمره

    فجاءوا بجيش من عزائمهم مُجْر

    The men of battle rose with knowledge at his command,

    so they came with a vast army of their firm resolves,

  9. رجيحٌ نجيحٌ في انتفاعه

    فكلٌّ إلى الغايات في إثره مُجرْ

    weighty and successful in the benefit it brings;

    so everyone races toward the goals in its wake.

  10. رجامهم طابتْ بطيب جسومهم

    وأرواحهم ليست عن الحور في حجر

    Their grave mounds grew fragrant with their bodies' fragrance,

    and their souls are not barred from the houris.