أزل علة الشرك الخفيّ لدى السير

وكن أنت في طي وأخراك في نشر

The hidden association of the self is an eternal affliction in journeying,

And be thou in solitude, but make your sustenance in giving.

وإن رمت كشف الحسن في داخل الدير

توضأ بماء الغيب إن كنت ذا سر

If you seek to reveal beauty in the cloister,

Purify yourself with the water of mystery, if you possess an interior life;

وإلا تيمم بالصعيد أو الصخر

ورد مورد الأسمى وفض

Otherwise, perform the dry ablution with dust or rocks.

Return to the most sublime retreat, and conclude

ختامه وحل بواد الأنس وأقرع خيامه

وهم بشهود الحق وارع ذمامه

Its seal, and settle in the valley of intimacy - pitch its tents.

And think on the witnessing of Truth, hold fast its bridle,

وقدّم إماما كنت أنت إمامه

وصل صلاة العصر في أول الظهر

And take as your imam whom you were the imam of.

Perform the mid-afternoon prayer at the start of noon -

صلاة شهود الوالهين بحبهم

بحضرة أنوار الشهود لقربهم

The prayer of witnessing the Most High in their love,

In the presence of the lights of witnesses in their nearness.

تطهر من الأكوان تهدى لشربهم

فهاذي صلاة العرافين بربهم

Purify yourself from all creation, be guided to their drink.

For this is the prayer of knowers with their Lord.

فإن كنت منهم فانضح البر بالبحر

So if you are of them, sprinkle goodness into the sea.