دراهم يصنعها ربها

لينفق ما شاء لا ما تشاء

Coins made by their Lord

To spend as He wills, not as you will

ولو أنها خيّرت ما هوَت

ولا انتثرت في محيط الفضاء

Had they been given a choice, they would not have tumbled

Nor scattered across the expanse of space

ولا صدى الحر في كفّه

وذاق الدخيل نعيم الصفاء

Nor would the touch of the free man echo in his palm

And the stranger taste the bliss of tranquility

ولا كان فيهاه المضيع المسيح

وفي جنبه الباهري الضياء

Nor would the Messiah have been lost among them

And next to Him, glory shines bright

ولكن منجمه خالد

وراحته لا تحسّ الفناء

But his star is eternal

And his comfort feels no decay

وحانوته الزمن السرمدي

وسلعته مهلكات القضاء

His shop is the eternal time

Its wares, harbingers of fate

ولا من يجاهده قادراً

وإن أجهدته صروف البلاء

None who struggle against Him prevail

Though ordeals of affliction exhaust them

هو البائع المشتري والمبيع

والمشتري صنعه لا مراء

He is the seller, the buyer, the bought

The buyer - His making, no doubt