لِعَدلك يَشكو ما يُلاقي نِيابةً

عَن العَبد يا صَدرَ الصُدورِ كِتابُ

To your justice the book complains on behalf of the servant

Of what he suffers, O most merciful of the merciful

وَيُعرب عَما في الحَشا مُتمثلاً

بِبَيت غَدا يَتلوه وَهوَ صَوابُ

And expresses what is in the courtyard as if reciting

A verse that will be recited tomorrow and is right

وَفي النَفس حاجات وَفيك فَطانة

سُكوتي بَيانٌ عِندَها وَخطاب

And in the soul are needs, and in you is discernment

My silence with it is eloquent speech and address