هَلِ اللَهُ لَو أَشرَكتُ كانَ مُعَذِّبي

بِأَكثَرَ مِن أَنّي لِجاهِكَ آمِلُ

If I had associated others with Allah, would He have punished me

More than that I hope for Your forgiveness?

هَلِمّوا اِعجَبوا مِن أَنبَهِ الناسِ كُلِّهِم

ذَريعَتُهُ فيما يُحاوِلُ خامِلُ

Come and wonder at the most alert of all people

Whose means in all he attempts are inadequate

أَيَرضى بِضَعفٍ في وَسائِلِهِ اِمرُؤٌ

لَهُ حَرَكاتٌ كُلُّهُنَّ وَسائِلُ

Would a man be satisfied with inadequacy in his means

When all his actions are directed to the means?