أنت عبد الغنيِّ فاقنع بدلق
واصحب الناس بالتقى لا بملق
You are ʿAbd al-Ghani; be content, then, with a patched cloak.
Keep company with people in piety, not through flattery.
وبوجه لمن يلاقيك طلق
عش عزيزاً ولا تذل لخلق
And meet whoever encounters you with a cheerful face.
Live with dignity, and never abase yourself before any creature.
واطلب الرزق في بلاد الحبيب
لا تدع في الفؤاد همّاً وكربا
Seek your provision in the lands of the Beloved.
Let neither care nor anguish remain within the heart.
وتحقق وطب من الغيب شربا
واقصد الله واقترب منه قربا
Attain realization, and rejoice in a draught from the Unseen.
Set your course toward God and draw near to Him—truly near.
ثم سر في البلاد شرقاً وغربا
وتوكل على القريب المجيب
Then journey through the lands, east and west.
And put your trust in the Near One, the Answerer of prayers.
خذ بعلم الصوفي وعلم الفقيه
واترك الإدِّعا فلا خير فيه
Take up the knowledge of the Sufi and the knowledge of the jurist.
And abandon pretension, for there is no good in it.
والتزم سرة النبيل النبيه
فعسى أن تنال ما ترتجيه
And cleave to the innermost core of the noble, discerning one.
Then may you attain what you hope for,
بيد اللطف من مكان قريب
By the hand of Grace, from a place close at hand.
Sol 5.6