ما أَنا إِلّا لِمَن بَغاني

أَرى خَليلي كَما يَراني

I am but for he who loves me

I see my friend as he sees me

لَستُ أَرى ما مَلَكتُ طَرفي

مَكانَ مَن لا يَرى مَكاني

I see not what my eyes have possessed

Instead of one who sees not my place

مَنِ الَّذي يَرتَجي الأَقاصي

إِن لَم يَنَل خَيرَهُ الأَداني

Who hopes for the far,

If the near misses his good?

أَصبَحتُ عَمَّن بِها غَنِيّاً

بِخالِقي في جَميعِ شاني

I have become rich with my Creator

In all my affairs

وَلي إِلى أَن أَموتُ رِزقٌ

لَو جَهَدَ الخَلقُ ما عَداني

And I have sustenance until I die

Even if all creation strains against me

لا تَرتَجِ الخَيرَ عِندَ مَن لا

يَصلُحُ إِلّا عَلى الهَوانِ

Do not hope for good from one who

Is only suitable for humiliation

فَاِستَغنِ بِاللَهِ عَن فُلانٍ

وَعَن فُلانٍ وَعَن فُلانِ

So suffice yourself with God instead of so-and-so

And instead of so-and-so and instead of so-and-so

وَلا تَدَع مَكسَباً حَلالاً

تَكونُ مِنهُ عَلى بَيانِ

And do not leave lawful livelihood

Of which you are certain

فَالمالُ مِن حِلِّهِ قِوامٌ

لِلعِرضِ وَالوَجهِ وَاللِسانِ

For wealth from its lawfulness is the pillar

Of honor, face, and tongue

وَالفَقرُ ذُلٌّ عَلَيهِ بابٌ

مِفتاحُهُ العَجزُ وَالتَواني

And poverty is humiliation upon which is a door

Whose key is incapacity and laziness

وَرِزقُ رَبّي لَهُ وُجوهٌ

هُنَّ مِنَ اللَهِ في ضَمانِ

And the sustenance of my Lord has facets

They are from God in safekeeping

سُبحانَ مَن لَم يَزَل عَلِيّا

لَيسَ لَهُ في العُلُوِّ ثانِ

Glory to Him who has always been Most High

He has no second in supremacy

قَضى عَلى خَلقِهِ المَنايا

فَكُلُّ حَيٍّ سِواهُ فانِ

He decreed death upon His creation

So every living one other than Him will perish

يا رَبِّ لَم نَبكِ مِن زَمانٍ

إِلّا بَكَينا عَلى زَمانِ

O Lord, why would we weep over a time

Except that we wept over time?