الناسُ مُختَلِفونَ قيلَ المَرءُ لا

يُجزى عَلى عَمَلٍ وَقيلَ يُجازى

People are different, it is said a person is not rewarded for a deed, and it is said he is rewarded

And Allah is true, whoever ponders His matter

وَاللَهُ حَقٌّ مَن تَدَبَّرَ أَمرَهُ

عَرَفَ اليَقينَ وَآنَسَ الإِعجازا

Knows certainty and senses wonder

A pigeon twittered with the praise of the Angels

رَجَزَت بِتَسبيحِ المَليكِ حَمامَةٌ

بِالشامِ توطِنُ أَو تَحُلُّ حِجازا

Settling in Syria or arriving in Hejaz

And birds, like humans, know their Lord

وَالطَيرُ مِثلُ الإِنسِ تَعرِفُ رَبِّها

وَتَرى بِها الشَعراءَ وَالرُجّازا

And through them the poets and prose writers

Among them are those who speak and those who are silent

فيهُنَّ مِسهابٌ يُعَدُّ وَناطِقٌ

تَرَكَ المَقالَ وَآثَرَ الإيجازا

Who abandoned speech and chose brevity

So ask your pilgrim guide if you want guidance

فَاِسأَل حِجاكَ إِذا أَرَدتَ هِدايَةً

وَاِحبِس لِسانَكَ أَن يَقولَ مُجازا

And hold your tongue back from speaking metaphor

Do not accept a promise if you can manage without

لا تَرضَ وَعداً إِن قَدِرتَ عَلى نَداً

وَإِذا وَعَدتَ فَيَسِّرِ الإِنجازا

And if you make one then make it easy to fulfil

The necks of matters have come to you through valleys

جاءَتكَ أَعناقُ الأُمورِ بَوادِياً

وَلَقَد لَمَحتَ بِلُبَّكَ الأَعجازا

And you have glimpsed the wonder with your mind