يا محمد إذا شيت الهنا والمبره

والسلامة وتكفي من جميع المضره

O Muhammad, if you desire safety and goodness

And wellbeing and protection from all harm

اترك الرسم والعادات والخلق مره

جامل الوقت لا تبحث على الوقت شره

Leave vain habits and customs once

Make the most of time, do not seek evil in time

سالم الناس تسلم إن لي بعض خبره

لا تزاحم تكن شارد وهي ظرف خبره

Be at peace with people and you will be safe, for I have some experience

Do not contend, be detached as circumstance reports

واطلب العلم واعمل به تنال المبره

عند ربك وكن طايع لنهيه وأمره

And seek knowledge and act upon it to gain goodness

From your Lord and be obedient to His prohibitions and command

واشكر الله إذا سبل على الكل ستره

عم جوده تعالى المسلمين وكفره

And thank Allah when He has covered the faults of all

His might encompasses all, His coercion envelops all

كلهم تحت حكمه كلهم تحت قهره

ما لحد شيء معه مثقال أووزن ذره

None have anything with Him, not an atom's weight or a speck

So take Him as your companion in evening and morrow

فاتخذه جليسك في مسأ وبكره

واعتكف تحت بابه على تلحقك نظره

And seclude yourself at His door so that you meet His gaze

You will attain your hopes and desires without hardship

تبلغ السول والمأمول من غير عسره

والخمول الخمول احذر ظهور أو شهره

And beware laziness and its prominence or fame

And withdraw and detach without pride or arrogance

واعتزل وانفرد من غير عجب وكبره

لا تخالط تنالك كل ظلمه وكدره

Do not socialize or you will meet with injustice and gloom

And occupy yourself with what benefits you, learn and understand it

واشتغل بالذي يعنيك فاعلمه وادره

لا تعرج على غيره تصيبك معره

Do not digress to others or you will meet disgrace

And strive in deed, word and thought

واجتهد في العمل قولا وفعلا وفكره

لا تكاسل ولا تلحقك في الخير فتره

Do not be lazy or miss out on virtue in a period

And follow the way of the Guide in ease and unease

واتبع سنة الهادي بعسره ويسره

لا تخالفه في شيء بسره وجهره

Do not oppose Him in anything, in secret or openly

Bless my Lord upon him as long as a branch sways

صل ربي عليه ما انثنى غصن شجره

أو سرى الركب في الداجى يؤمون قبره

Or a rider travels in the night, seeking his tomb