عن العدل لا تعدل فأنت المعدل

وإنَّ قيامَ الفضلِ بالحرّ أجملُ

Do not judge justice, for You are the Judge

And upholding virtue openly is more beautiful

فلو عامل الله العبادَ بعدله

لأهلكهم والله من ذاك أفضل

If God had treated people with His justice

He would have destroyed them, and God is more virtuous than that

يجودُ ويثري بالجميل عليهمُ

وليس له عما اقتضى الجودُ مَعدِلُ

He gives generously and enriches them with kindness

And none can match His generosity when He is benevolent

تباركَ جلَّ اللهُ في ملكوته

كمالاً وإن الله في الملك أكمل

Blessed be God, full of glory in His dominion

Perfect in might, and God is the most complete in sovereignty

فإن الذي في الملك صورة عينه

وفي ملكوت الله جزؤ مفصل

For He who is in the dominion is the image of His essence

And in God's kingdom is a distinct part

وليس لهذا اللفظِ عند اصطلاحنا

مبالغة فانظر على ما أعوِّل

This wording has no exaggeration in our terminology

Consider well what I rely upon

إذا كنتَ في قومٍ تعرف بلحنهم

وحينئذ يجملُ به ويفصل

If you are among people, speak in their dialect

And then refinement and clarity is beautiful through it

إذا كنتَ في قومٍ تكلم بلحنهم

لتفهمهم لا تلجىء الشخصَ يسأل

If you are among people, speak in their dialect

So they understand you, do not resort to the individual asking

لو أنَّ الذي بالعجز يُعرف قدرُه

لكنت كريم الوقتِ يسدي ويفضل

If the one known for his incapacity, his worth would be known

You would be the generous of the time, giving and excelling

وكانت لك العليا وكنت لك المدى

وأنتَ بها العالي وما ثم أسفلُ

And you would have the high ground, and you would have the range

You would be the highest, and none below you

ومن أين جاءتْ ليت شعري ففرِّعوا

كلامي الذي قد قلت فيه وفصِّلوا

And from where did this come, I wish I knew, so elaborate

My words which I have spoken, and detail them

علمتُ به قلت أودعتُه في مقالتي

وجملة أمري أنني لستُ أجهل

I learned it, I said, I deposited it in my speech

And the summary of my matter is that I am not ignorant

لأني به قلت الذي جئتكم به

ومن كان قول الحق قل كيف يجهل

Because I spoke to you with what I brought you

And whoever speaks the truth, say how can he be ignorant?

أنا كلماتُ الله فالقولُ قولنا

لأني مجموعٌ وغيري مفصّل

I am God's words, so the saying is our saying

Because I am the collection, and others are detailed

كعيسى الذي يحيى وينشىء طائراً

فيحيى بإذنِ الله والحقُّ فيصل

Like Jesus who gives life and creates a bird

So he gives life by God's permission, and truth distinguishes

فمن كان مثلي فليقلْ مثلَ قولنا

وإلا فإن الصمتَ بالعبد أجمل

So let whoever is like me speak words like ours

Otherwise, silence in a servant is more beautiful