بَطنُ التُرابِ كَفاني شَرَّ ظاهِرِهِ

وَبَيَّنَ العَدلَ بَينَ العَبدِ وَالمَلِكِ

The belly of the soil sufficed me from the evil of its surface,

And justice was made clear between servant and king.

قَد عِشتُ عُمراً طَويلاً ماعَلِمتُ بِهِ

حِسّاً يَحِسُّ لِجِنِّيٍ وَلا مَلَكِ

I have lived a long life in which I have not known,

Any feeling that feels for jinn or angel.

وَالمُلكُ لِلَّهِ ما ضاعَت أَكابِرُهُ

وَلا أُصاغِرُ أَحياءٍ وَلا هُلُكِ

And the kingdom belongs to God - neither his elders

Nor the young of the living or the dead are lost.

إِن ماتَ جِسمٌ فَهَذي الأَرضُ تَخزِنُهُ

وَإِن نَأَت عَنهُ روحٌ فَهِيَ بِالفَلَكِ

If a body dies, this earth hides it,

And if a soul departs from it, it is in the heavens.

وَلَو غَدَوتُ سُلَيكاً جاءَني قَدَرٌ

أَخا السُرى أَو صَغيرَ السَلكِ وَالسُلُكِ

And if I were to walk openly, fate would come to me -

The brother of Sura or the young of chain and wire.