هَذا طَريقٌ لِلهُدى لا حِبُ

يَرضى بِهِ المَصحوبُ وَالصاحِبُ

This is a path of guidance, not of love

That pleases both companion and friend

أَهرُب مِنَ الناسِ فَإِن جِئتُهُم

فَمِثلَ سَأبٍ جَرَّهُ الساحِبُ

I flee from people, and if I go to them

I'm like a mirage dragged by the mirage-maker

يَنتَفِعُ الناسُ بِما عِندَهُ

وَهوَ لَقىً بَينَهُم شاحِبُ

People benefit from what he has

While he is shrunken among them