ارتباطُ السقمِ بالعرضِ

كارتباطِ الجسم بالعَرَضِ

The connection of illness to symptom

Is like the connection of body to attribute

فإذا نيلتْ فعافيةٌ

وانتفى ما كان من مرضِ

So when good health is attained

And what was of disease is removed

فانظروا فيما ذكرتُ لكم

تسلموا من علةِ الغرض

Then look at what I have told you

And be safe from the illness of purpose

فوجوبُ الزهد فيه لذي

نظر وجوبُ مفترض

So detachment from it is obligatory

For one who sees, an obligation

والذي تخفى مقاصدُه

إنه يصبر على مضض

And one whose aims are hidden

Is patient with discontent

ويعزي نفسه في الذي

فاته بقوله لو قضى

And consoles himself for what

Escaped him by saying "if it was decreed"

وتمجُّ النفس حكمته

فتراه دائم الحَرَض

And the soul becomes accustomed to his wisdom

So you see him always fervent

تارة يموتُ من شرق

تارة يموتُ من جَرَض

Sometimes dying of love in the east

Sometimes dying of love in the west

وإذا ما مات من غصص

ربما يظنُّ فيه رضى

And if he dies of agonies

He may think there is consent in it

والذي تفوته حكمي

ما لها والله من عرضِ

As for the one whom my wisdom misses

It has no attribute, by God

هي كالمصباح نيَّرة

مدَّه زيتٌ يكاد يُضي

It is like a lamp, shining

Fueled by oil that nearly ignites

ما لهه مَيْلٌ إلى جهةٍ

لوجودِ الاعتدال مضى

It has no inclination to any direction

Due to the presence of equilibrium, it continues