إني تعوذت بي مني فإن لنا

النورَ بالروحِ والإظلامَ بالجسدِ

I sought refuge in myself from myself, for in us

There is light with the soul, and darkness with the body.

ولا أزال كذا ما دام مسكننا

فلو ترحلت عن أهلٍ وعن بلد

And I will remain thus as long as our dwelling is

So if I moved away from family and country

وجدتُ فيه ضياءً لا ظلامَ به

يغني عن الأهل والأموالِ والولدِ

I would find in it a light without darkness

That would suffice instead of family, wealth and children

لكنَّ له الظلُّ ذاكَ الظلُّ راحتنا

في صورةِ الجسمِ لا في صورةِ الجسد

But it has a shadow - that shadow is our comfort

In the form of the body, not in the form of the corpse

منزه العينِ من تأثير ما ظهرتْ

به الطبيعةُ في الأركانِ من مَدَد

Purifying the eye from the effect of what

Nature has revealed in the pillars of extension

لي النقاء بها ما دمتُ أسكنُها

واللبثُ لا ينتهي فيها إلى أمَد

I have purity through it as long as I inhabit it

And dwelling in it does not end in a term

لو لم يكن فيه من خيرٍ ومن دَعةٍ

إلا تخلصنا من باعثِ الحَسَدِ

If there were in it no good and no calm

Except being rid of the provoker of envy