ما بِي ثَراؤك مِن ذَخر وَلا مال

فَاِستَبق دُنياك حَسبي كنز آمالي

Your wealth is no treasure or property to me,

So keep your worldly goods - my hopes are all I need.

ما بِي شَقيت وَما بي إِن نَعمت وَما

بِالقَلب زَهو الغِنى أَو رِقَة الحال

I have no misery, no joy in bounty or state -

In my heart is neither pride of riches nor plight.

دُنياي وَهِيَ مِن الدُنيا عَلى نَفس

أَثرى مِن التبر أَو أَسمى مِن المال

My world that is part of the wider world

Is richer than soil, higher than wealth's height.

وَهَبت لِلناس مِن دُنيا مَطامعهم

ما عِندَها لي مِن نعمى وَاِقبال

I gave people their worldly desires from it -

It has for me no bounty or fortune bright.

فَليَترُكوا لي أَحلامي وَما نَسجت

حَولي مِن الضَنك إِن لَم يَرضِهم حالي

So let them leave my dreams that I have spun,

My state of distress, if it does not delight.

وَهَبتهم مِن لَذذاتي وَصَمت فَلَم

أُطعم لِذيذاً وَلَم أُفطر عَلى حال

I gave them my pleasures and went silent -

Not fed on delicacies nor broke fast overnight.

وَلا غَنيت وَما أَبغي وَلا رَغبت

دُنياي في وَفرة مِنها وِإِقلال

I sang no riches, wanted no more, no less -

My world in its plenty and dearth kept me right.

وَعَشت أَنعَم في عَدمي وَيُسعدني

إِني تَخففت مِن إِصري وَأَثقالي

I lived blessed in my nothingness, pleased that

I was lightened of my burdens and their weight.

أُولئك الناس لَم أَطرق حَقائقهم

فَما لَهُم بي لا أَهلي وَلا آلي

I never probed the essence of those people,

To me they are neither kith nor kin outright.

جانَبت باطل أَيامي وَزهّدني

فيها خَوادع ما يَطفو مِن الآل

I shunned the vanity of my days, and it rendered

Me aloof from the guiles that visibility excites.