يا صاح اياك السماع تأتيه

فانه في الشرع مختلف فيه

O friend, beware of listening to it

For in Islamic law there is disagreement about it

هو حاديا فانظر إلى أين حا

ديه لِلّه أو للحفظ والتماويه

It leads one astray so look to where it leads

Does it lead to Allah or to self-absorption?

تشابه الأبدال وأنت بطال

وخاليا عن واردات الأحوال

The substitutes resemble each other yet you are idle

And devoid of spiritual states that come

اسمع إلى قول الجنيد ما قال

ما يدخله من عاد نفسه فيه

Listen to what al-Junayd said

Nothing enters it if one accustoms himself to it

اياك اياك أن تتابع الطبع

ارفضه واتبع ما يوافق الشرع

Beware, beware of following your whims

Reject them and follow what conforms to Islamic law

الشرع أصل والطريقة الفرع

كن تابع امره مجتنب مناهيه

Islamic law is the foundation and spiritual path the branch

Be a follower of its command, avoiding prohibitions

احرص على الطاعات غاية الحرص

ما الدّين بالزعق الشنيع والرقص

Be extremely eager to perform acts of obedience

Religion is not loud dancing and chanting

تظنه عزّا وغايته نقص

لو قيل لك ما الحال لست تدريه

You think it pride yet its essence is deficiency

If you were asked about the state, you would not know

الدّين هو تقواك كل ساعه

ثم اتباعك سنة الجماعه

Religion is your mindfulness every moment

Then following the way of the community

شريعة المختار واتباعه

محمد ما مرسل يدانيه

The Law of the Chosen One and following him

Muhammad, no messenger comes close to him