تَحَمَّل ثِقلَ نَفسِكَ وَاِحفَظَنها

فَقَد حَطَّ المُهَيمِنُ عَنكَ ثِقلي

Bear the burden of your self and tend to it

For the Almighty has lifted from you my burdens

أَلَم تَرَ عالَماً يَمضي وَيَأتي

سِواهُ كَأَنَّهُ مَرعيُّ بَقلِ

Do you not see a world coming and going

While it remains as if it were pasture for herbs

هِيَ الأَفهامُ قَد صَدِئَت وَكَلَّت

وَلَم يَظفَر لَها أَحَدٌ بِصَقلِ

They are minds rusted and worn down

And none could polish them to a sheen

أَتَعقُلُ ساعَةً فَتَرومَ عَقلاً

لِعَنسِكَ أَم خُلِقتَ بِغَيرِ عَقلِ

Do you reason an hour and covet reason

For your livelihood or were you created without reason?

وَكَيفَ أُجيدُ في دارٍ بِناءً

وَرَبُّ الدارِ يُؤذِنُني بِنَقلِ

How can I settle in a house

When the Master of the house gives notice I must leave