اللَهُ يَشهَدُ أَنّي جاهِلٌ وَرَعٌ

فَليَحضُرِ الناسُ إِقراري وَإِشهادي

God bears witness that I am ignorant and devout

So let people attend my admission and testimony

هَذا وَرُبَّ صَديقٍ لي أَفادَ غِنىً

زَهِدتُ فيهِ عَلى عُدمي وَإِزهادي

This, while many a friend of mine brought me wealth

I abstained from it in my poverty and abstinence

أَعمى البَصيرَةِ لا يَهديهِ ناظِرُهُ

إِذا كُلُّ أَعمى لَدَيهِ مِن عَصاً هادِ

The blind of insight is not guided by his onlooker

Since every blind man to him has a guiding stick

وَقدَ عَلِمتُ إِذا سُهِّدتُ مِن حَذَرٍ

أَن لَيسَ يَنفي خُطوبَ الدَهرِ تَسهادي

And I knew when I felt secure from caution

That nothing repels the woes of fate but my vigilance