يا رَوحُ كَم تَحمُلينَ الجِسمَ لاهِيَةً

أَبلَيتِهِ فَاِطرَحيهِ طالَما لُبِسا

O soul, how long will you heedlessly bear this body,

Wearing it out, so cast it off, for long has it been worn.

إِن كُنتِ آثَرتِ سُكناهُ فَمُخطِئَةٌ

فيما فَعَلتِ وَكَم مِن ضاحِكٍ عَبَسا

If you have chosen to dwell in it, you have erred,

In what you have done, and many a smiler frowns.

أَولا فَجَبرٌ وَإِن أَشوى فَجاهِلَةٌ

كَالماءِ لَم يَدَرِ ما لاقاهُ إِذ حُبِسا

First compulsion, though hot passion cools into ignorance,

Like water imprisoned, unaware of what befell it when trapped.

لَو لَم تُحُلّيهِ لَم يَهتَج لِمَعصِيَةٍ

وَكانَ كَالتُربِ ما أَخنى وَلا نَبَسا

Had you not graced it, it would not stir to disobey,

And would be like dust, neither deep nor rising.

تَرَكتِ مِصباحَ عَقلٍ ما اِهتَدَيتِ بِهِ

وَاللَهُ أَعطاكِ مِن نورِ الحِجى قَبَسا

You have abandoned the lamp of reason you were guided by,

Yet God granted you some glow of inspiration.