عَفيفُ الجَهرِ وَالهَمسِ

قَضى الواجِبَ بِالأَمسِ

Discreet in public and private speech

He fulfilled his duties yesterday

وَلَم يَعرِض لِذي حَقٍّ

بِنُقصانٍ وَلا بَخسِ

And did no injustice to anyone's rights

By diminution or avarice

وَعِندَ الناسِ مَجهولٌ

وَفي أَلسُنِهِم مَنسي

Though to people unknown

And from their tongues forgotten

وَفيهِ رِقَّةُ القَلبِ

لِآلامِ بَني الجِنسِ

Yet in him is tenderness of heart

For people's sorrows and pains

فَلا يَغبِطُ ذا نُعمى

وَيَرثي لِأَخي البُؤسِ

So he envies not the prosperous

And grieves for the wretched

وَلِلمَحرومِ وَالعافي

حَوالَي زادِهِ كُرسي

To the deprived and healthy

His food he shares

وَما نَمَّ وَلا هَمَّ

بِبَعضِ الكَيدِ وَالدَسِّ

He never slept or cared

For any intrigue or gossip

يَنامُ اللَيلَ مَسروراً

قَليلَ الهَمِّ وَالهَجسِ

He sleeps at night content

With little worry or anguish

وَيُصبِحُ لا غُبارَ عَلى

سَريرَتِهِ كَما يُمسي

And wakes with no stain upon

His conscience as when he slept

فَيا أَسعَدَ مَن يَمشي

عَلى الأَرضِ مِنَ الإِنسِ

So happiest is he who walks

The earth among mankind

وَمَن طَهَّرَهُ اللَهُ

مِنَ الريبَةِ وَالرِجسِ

And whom God has purified

Of doubt and impurity

أَنِل قَدرِيَ تَشريفاً

وَهَب لي قُربَكَ القُدسي

Grant me the honor of your nearness

And give me your sacred proximity

عَسى نَفسُكَ أَن تُد

مَجَ في أَحلامِها نَفسي

Perhaps your soul may pour

Into my dreams your spirit

فَأَلقى بَعضَ ما تَلقى

مِنَ الغِبطَةِ وَالأُنسِ

That I may find some of the bliss

And intimacy you possess