تَبّاً لِدُنيا ساحِرَه

مِنَ الأَماني ساخِرَه

Woe to the bewitching world

Full of mocking desires,

وَأَنفُسٍ قَد جَهِلَت

أَنَّ النُفوسَ عابِرَه

And souls that are ignorant

That souls are only passing through.

أَما تَرى الدُنيا بِها

كَيفَ تَبَدَّت عامِرَه

Do you not see that the world

Has become fully inhabited?

طوبى لِعَينِ لَبِسَت

ثوبَ الدَياجي ساهِره

Blessed are the eyes that don

The clothes of wakefulness at night

بِدَمعَةٍ في خَدِّها

وَبِخُشوعٍ عائِرَه

With a teardrop on their cheek

And devotion passing by.

تِلكَ الوُجوهُ الناضِرَه

إِلى الإِلَهِ ناضِرَه

Those radiant faces

Turning radiantly to God,

كَرَّتُها مُربِحَةٌ

لَيسَت كَأُخرى خاسِره

Profitably circling,

Not like others who lose.

تِلكَ الوُجوهُ الباسِرَه

حَلَّت عَلَيها الفاقِرَه

Those cheerful faces

That poverty has descended upon.

لَها قُلوبٌ تثَبَتَت

وَهيَ لِخَوفٍ طائِرَه

They have steadfast hearts

Though they are startled by fear.

إِن جَهِلَت مَعادَها

فَالمَوتُ بابُ الآخِره

If they do not know their fate,

Then death is the final door.

مَوعِظَةٌ ما عَدِمَت

إِلّا القُلوبَ الحاضِرَه

Advice is never lacking

Except to heedless hearts.