كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لا تقصدُ ابنَ سلامَه

فَهْيَ نَفْسٌ عن الغنى لوّامَه

Every soul that does not aim for the son of peace

Is a soul blaming fortune for poverty

ناضرٌ ناظرٌ بإنسانِ إنس

نٍ خَيرٌ في دَستهِ علاّمه

A blossoming, watching man is the best of men

Goodness is in his hands, it is his mark

كاتبٌ دونه ابنُ مقْلةَ خطاً

ليسَ يرضى قُدامةً قدامه

Below him writes the son of judgement in a script

That neither Qudama would approve of preceding him

كم غدا الثّغرُ قمطرِيراً عَبوساً

ثمَّ أبدى بالعَدل منه ابتسامه

How often did disappointment frown on the lips

Then justice made it smile through him

إنَّ دارَ الطرازِ بعدَ هَوانٍ

قد تبدَّتْ بالحفْظِ دارَ كرامَه

The house of embroidery after humiliation

Appeared protected, the house of generosity

فَعْلُوّا يا مَنْ حوى كُلَّ فَضْلٍ

ها أنا ذاكرٌ لكُم أقامَه

Rise up you who possess all virtue

Exaltation from humility, and neediness

رِفعةٌ عَنْ تَواضُعٍ وافتقارٌ

عن غِنَى مَعْ تَحَكُّمٍ عَنْ صرامه

From wealth with determination against severity

And with this you give leadership praise

وبهذا تُعطي الرياسةَ حَمداً

لا بكبرٍ في الرأسِ أو في العَمامه

Not with arrogance in the head or in the turban

O beauty whom God has beautified the one who made

يا جمالاً قَد جَمّلَ الله مَن سا

مَ نداهُ وَللمواهبِ شامه

His call and the talents his mark

Do not see me as a small part in the eye

لا تَراني في العينِ جزأ صغيراً

أنا مني تحتَ الثّرى ألفُ قامَه

I am from under the soil a thousand statues

I have been divided in life into a thousand knowledge

أنا قَد جُزتُ في الورى ألفَ علْمٍ

وخُصوصاً منْ ذاكَ علمَ النجامه

Especially from that the knowledge of the astrologer

I have a star that tells me in returning

لي نَجمٌ يقولُ لي في رجوع

عنكَ ذَقنَ الحكيم في الاستقامه

From you the wise man tasted straightness

How often have I looked upon the calendar, calling out

كم نَظَرتُ التَقويمَ يوماً ونادَ ب

تُ أسألُ الله في القران السّلامه

Asking God for the Quran's safety

Your head's Quran was true for me in arriving to

صّح عندي قرانُ رأسكَ في الدل

وِ إلى أنْ تدورَ كالدوامه

Spin like the whirlpool

All that you feared impossible

كلُّ ما كُنْتَ تتّقيهِ محالا

لم تُحَقّقْ بصّحة أحكامَه

You did not prove with sound judgements

Rest your eyes, for the generosity of the beauty of the son

قرَّ عَيناً فإنَّ جودَ جمالِ الإ

بنِ ينضي ما قَدْ خَشيتُ دوامَه

Dispels what I had feared would last

My lord, the result of settlement is insignificant

سَيدي حاصلُ الإقامةِ نَزْرٌ

ولهذا هُنا كَرِهتُ الإِقامَه

And so here I have disliked settlement

And my little ones are like the Jews

وَصغاري مثلُ اليهودِ بذُل

تَشْتَهي لو أتَيتُهُمْ بعَلامه

If I brought them a mark, they longed

If they saw a round letter from a loaf

لو رأُوا حَرْفَ كرةٍ من رغيفٍ

جعلوهُ لَدَيْهمُ شَمّامَه

They made it their trinket