تعظيمُ ربِّكَ في تعظيمِ ما شرعا

فاصدع فإنَّ سعيدَ القومِ من صدعا

Glorifying your Lord in glorifying what He has legislated

So be loud, for the one who is loud is the happiest of people

لكن بأمرِ الذي جاءتك شرعته

تسعى على قدمٍ فاشكره حين سعى

But with the command of the One whose legislation came to you

Strive with one foot, so thank Him when He made you strive

فكن مع اللهِ في ترتيبِ حكمتِه

إنَّ الذي مع ربي لا يكون معا

So be with Allah in the arrangement of His wisdom

Indeed, the one with my Lord will not be with anyone else

افهم كلامي فإنَّ الفهم اسعدكم

ولا تحد عنه إنَّ العلم قد جمعا

Understand my words, for understanding makes you happiest

And do not deviate from it, for knowledge has gathered

هو الدليلُ عليه لا تذره سُدى

فالهلك في ترك ما الرحمن قد شرعا

It is the evidence of Him, do not leave it neglected

For destruction is in abandoning what the Merciful legislated

العلمُ نصفان نصفٌ ليس يبلغه

فكرٌ لذلك حكمُ الفكرِ قد مُنعا

Knowledge is of two halves, one half cannot be reached

By thinking, thus the rule of thinking has been denied

ونصفُه فصحيحُ الفكرِ يبلغه

وليس منزله مثل الذي سمعا

And its second half, sound thinking can reach it

And its status is not like the one who merely listened

والكلُّ حقٌّ وما أنصفتُ فيه وما

لذاك ردٌ فمن يدريه قد جمعا

And all of it is truth, and I did not do justice in it or

To that there is a rebuttal, so whoever realizes has gathered

له الكمال فما شخصٌ يقاومه

صنعُ الإله فكشرُ الله بي صنعا

For Him is perfection, so no person can resist Him

The making of Allah, so the generosity of Allah made me generous

والله لو علمتْ نفسي بمن علمت

لضاقَ عنها وجودُ الخلق ما اتسعا

And by Allah, if my soul knew who it knew

Existence would be too narrow for it, however much it widened

القلبُ يعرف ربي من تقلبه

مثل الشؤونِ له إنْ سار أو رجعا

The heart recognizes my Lord from its ups and downs

Like its conditions, whether it walked straight or turned back

والنفسُ تجهلُه من أجلِ شهوتها

وعينُها لفراقِ الحقِّ ما دمعا

And the soul is ignorant of Him because of its desires

And its eyes did not weep over separation from the Truth

لما تعزز عنه باتَ يطلبه

ولو تداني له إليه ما ارتجعا

When it fortified itself against Him, it started seeking Him

And if it got close to Him, it would not have turned back

وقد جرى مثلٌ يدري وصورته

أحبُّ شيءٍ إلى الإنسان ما منعا

And an example has circulated which makes one realize its form:

The most beloved thing to man is what he is deprived of