وَمُراءٍ أَخَذَ النا

سَ بِسَمتٍ وَقُطوبِ

Austerity has captured people

With sternness and gravity,

وَخُشوعٍ يُشبِهُ السُق

مَ وَضَعفٍ في الدَبيبِ

And humility resembling fasting,

And weakness in slyness.

قُلتُ هَل تَألَمُ شَيئاً

قالَ أَثقالَ الذُنوبِ

I asked: "Does anything cause you pain?"

He said: "The burden of sins."

قُلتُ لا تُعنَ بِشَيءٍ

أَنتَ في قالَبِ ذيبِ

I said: "You care not for anything.

You are in an unfeeling mold."

إِنَّما تَبني عَلى الوَث

بَةِ في حين الوُثوبِ

Indeed, you only thrive

On fraudulence in time of assault.

لَيسَ مَن يَخفى عَلَيهِ

مِنكَ هَذا بِلَبيبِ

There is nothing hidden from Him

About you, O sensible one.