ومن بعده سرُّ الطهارة واضحٌ

يسير على أهلِ التيقظ والذَّكا

After him the secret of purity is clear

To the people of wakefulness and intelligence

فكم طاهرٍ لم يتَّصِف بطهارةٍ

إذا جاور البحر اللدنيّ واحتمى

So how many pure ones have not been characterized by purity

When they dwelled by the eternal sea and took shelter

ولو غاص في البحر الأُجاج حياته

ولم يفن عن بحرِ الحقيقة ما زكا

And if they dived into the turbulent sea all their lives

And did not divert from the sea of reality however much they purified

إذا استجمر الإنسانُ وتراً فقد مشى

على السنةِ البيضاءِ لمن مضى

When a person holds back and walks

On the white path of those who passed

فإن شفع استجمارَه عاد خاسراً

وفارق من يهواه من باطنِ الرَّدى

But if he combines his holding back with returning, he loses

And leaves whom he loves from the essence of depravity

وإن غَسَلَ الكفين وتراً ولم يزلْ

بخيلاً بما يهوى على فطرةِ الأولى

And if he washes his hands, holding back as he used to

Stingy with what he loves in the nature of the first days

فلا غسلت كفّ خضيبٍ ومعصمٍ

إذا لم يلح سيف التوكُّل ينتضى

So the washing of the hands of one with bloodstained and dirty hands does not count

If the sword of reliance does not cling to him, sharpened

إذا ولد المولود قابضُ كفِّه

فذاكَ دليلُ البخلِ والجمعِ يافتى

When a newborn grasps his fist

That's evidence of stinginess and hoarding, O lad

ويبسطها عند المماتِ مُخبراً

بترك الذي حصلت في منزل الدّنا

And opens them up in death, informing

Of leaving what he collected in the abode of life

إذا صح غسلُ الوجه صَحَّ حياؤه

وصحَ له رفعُ الستورِ متى يشا

If the washing of the face is sound, his shyness is sound

And it is valid for him to lift the veils whenever he wants

وإن لم يمسَّ الماءُ لمةَ رأسِه

ولا وقعتْ كفاه في ساحةِ القفا

And if water does not touch the hair of his head

Nor do his palms fall into the field of the back of his head

فما انفكَّ من رِقِّ العبوديةِ التي

تنجزها الأغيارُ في منزلِ السّوى

He is not rid of the meekness of servanthood

Which strangers fulfil in the abode of equality

وإنْ لم ير الكرسيّ في غسلِ رجله

تناقضَ معنى الطهرِ للحين وانتفى

And if he does not see the footstool in washing his feet

It contradicts the meaning of purity for the moment and disappears

إذا مضمض الإنسان فاه ولم يكن

بريّا من الدعوى وفتيا بما ادّعى

When a person rinses his mouth but is not

Innocent of pretense and openly declaring what he claimed

ومُستنشِقٍ ما شَمَّ ريحَ اتصالِه

ومستنثرٍ أودى بكثرةِ الردى

Inhaling what he smelled of his connection

And snorting which led to much depravity

صماخاه ما ينفك يطهران صغاً

إلى أحسنِ الأقوالِ واكتف واقتفى

His nostrils do not cease to purify hearing

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