النقصُ في العبد ذاتيّ وإنَّ له

وقتاً كمالاً ولكن فيه بالغَرَضِ

The servant's deficiency is inherent, though

For a time he attains perfection, but for a purpose

العبد لا بدَّ منه فهو يطلبه

وإنه صاحبُ الآفاتِ والمرَض

The servant is inevitable, for he seeks Him

Yet he is the companion of defects and disease

اعراضه بوجودِ النقصِ شاهدة

وما نرى أحداً ينفك عن عَرَضِ

His turning away due to the deficiency is evidence

And we see no one free from circumstance

وقد ينال الذي يهوى ويحرمه

وقتاً فيبصره يصبر على مَضَضِ

And he may attain what he desires and be deprived of it

For a time, so he sees it and is patient with bitterness

فقل لعقلِك قد أفهمت صورته

فقم على قدمِ التحقيقِ وانتهض

So say to your intellect, you have understood its form

Stand on the footing of realization and rise

إلى لمقامِ الذي ما عنده عرض

أيضاً ويعصمه من على الحَرَض

To the station which has no circumstance

And protects him from frenzy too

فإن تيسَّر مطلوبي ظفرتُ به

وإن تعذر تعلم أنَّ ذاك قضي

If what I seek is made easy, I will attain it

And if difficult, know that is destiny

فالعبد عبدٌ متى أعطاه سُرَّ به

ما كان يسأله وإنْ أبى فرضي

For the servant is a servant, if He gives him joy with it

What he was asking for, and if not, he is content

ولا يغرّنك أحوالٌ فحالتُها

كالبرقِ يظلم جوّ كان منه يضي

And do not be fooled by states, for their situation

Is like lightning that darkens a sky which had light

قد يعلم من حال القبول إذا

رآه أن وجود الفعل منه رضي

He may know from the state of acceptance, when

He sees it, that the existence of the action was by His pleasure

السقم للعبدِ حكم لا يزايله

فلا يزالُ مع الأنفاس ذا مرض

Sickness is a decree for the servant that does not leave him

So it does not leave with his breaths, being an ailment