اِرتاحَت النَفسُ بِتَطهيرِها

وَرَبُّها قاضٍ بِتَدنيسِها

The soul finds peace in its purification,

While its Lord judges it for its defilement.

إِن كانَتِ الدُنِّيا عَروساً تُرى

فَلِتَنصَرِف عَنكَ بِتَعنيسِها

If this world seems a bride to you,

Then turn away from it with its vilification.

كَالغولِ غالَتكَ بِتَلوينِها

بَينَ تَقَدّيها وَتَبنيسِها

It has fooled you like a ghoul with its disguises,

Between its ostentation and debasement.

كَم آنَسَتني بَعدَ إيحاشِها

وَأَوحَشَتني بَعدَ تَأنيسِها

How it brought me comfort after its seclusion,

Then made me lonely after its socialization.

ضَعيفُها مِثلُ فَرا نَيسَبٍ

فَرَّ حِذاراً مِن فَرانيسِها

Its weakness is like an oleander’s weakness,

So flee far from the oleander’s poison.

يَكفيكَ طَعمٌ جِنسُهُ واحِدٌ

أَطعِمَةٌ ضَرَّت بِتَجنيسِها

One kind of taste is enough for you,

Foods have harmed you with their variety.

وَالثَوبُ في أَرضِكَ وَخشِها

يُغنيكَ عَن أَثوابِ تِنَّيسها

And a garment in your land and its wool

Suffices you instead of Tinnis’ clothes.

كَم مِن عَرى ناسٍ كَسا أَهلُهُ

نِسوَتَهُم بِرسَ عَرانيسِها

How many family bonds have been severed

By their women's obsession with necklaces.