ومن أعجب الأشياء أن يرتقي الردى

إلى روح من أمسى لجسم العلى روحا

Among the strangest things is that the lowly

Would ascend to be the soul of the most high

ومن لم يزل يحيي الليالي عمره

صلاةً وقرآناً وذكراً وتسبيحا

He who always spends his nights

In prayer, Quran, remembrance, and praise

ومن هو عند اللَه حي كذكره

وإن أرخوه مرتضى سلب الروحا

He who, in God's sight, is alive like his remembrance

Even if they who approved of it stole his soul