لا تُشَوِّشْ لكَ سِرًّا

كلُّ هذا الكَوْنِ زائلْ

Do not confuse yourself with secrets,

All this universe is transient,

حُجُبٌ للعَينِ قامتْ

منهُ أضْنَتْ بالقَلاقِلْ

Veils have arisen for the eye,

Filled with trinkets.

كلُّها نَشْراً وطَيًّا

عندَ من يدري مَشاغِلْ

All are spreading and folding,

For one who knows the preoccupations.

طَبقاتُ النَّاسِ مرَّتْ

وغَدَتْ تلكَ القَوافِلْ

Layers of people have passed,

And those caravans departed.

كم نبيٍّ ووَليٍّ

وذوي مُلْكٍ وعاملْ

How many a prophet, saint,

Ruler, and worker;

وتَقيٍّ وشَقيٍّ

وجَبانٍ ومُقاتلْ

And pious and wicked,

And coward and fighter;

وخَؤونٍ وأمينٍ

ومُعادٍ ومُخالِلْ

And sad and happy,

And loyal and betrayer;

وسَخيٍّ وبَخيلٍ

وأخي علمٍ وجاهلْ

And generous and miser,

And my brother of knowledge and ignorant;

وأميرٍ وحقيرٍ

وظُهوريٍّ وخاملْ

And prince and lowly,

And active and languid;

وغَنيٍّ وفَقيرٍ

وفَتى بَذْلٍ وسائلْ

And wealthy and poor,

And gallant who spends and asks;

ذَهبوا طُرًّا وراحوا

تحتَ أطباقِ الجَنادلْ

They left flying and went

Under layers of tombs.

فاسْألِ القيعانَ عنهمْ

لو أجابَتْ من يُسائلْ

So ask the lowlands about them,

Even if they answer one who asks.

طُويَتْ تلكَ المَعاني

ومَضَتْ تلكَ المَحافلْ

Those meanings are folded

And those gatherings have gone.

ذَهَبَ القومُ أُولو المجْ

دِ الأعزَّاءُ الأماثلْ

The distinguished people of glory are gone,

The peerless exemplars.

وغَدتْ والَهْفَ قلبي

مَعهُمْ تلكَ الشَّمائلْ

And my heart has become confused with them,

Those attributes.

وكأنَّ الكُلَّ ما كا

نوا فَمَحْمولٌ وحاملْ

It is as if all of them

Were carried and carrier;

ووَضيعٌ ورَفيعٌ

وأخو ظُلْمٍ وعادلْ

And low and noble,

And brother of injustice and just;

وعَظيمٌ فارسٌ شَمْ

خٌ وذو طِمْرَيْنِ راجِلْ

And great knight, brave horseman,

And one with supple spear, rider on foot;

زَمْزَموا جُرْداً فَكُلٌّ

أزْمَعتْ فيهِ الرَّواحلْ

They murmured, so each

Galloped in it the steeds.

لا تُدَبِّرْ لكَ أمراً

إنَّما التَّدبيرُ شاغلْ

Do not arrange for yourself a matter,

Surely arrangement is preoccupying.

سَلِّمِ الأمرَ إلى الل

ه ودَعْ وَصْمَةَ غافلْ

Submit the matter to God and leave the heedlessness of the heedless,

And raise the matter to Him,

وارْفَعِ الأمرَ إليهِ

والَّذي قُدِّرَ حاصلْ

And what is destined will happen.

The matter spread the meanings,

نَشَرَ الأمرُ المَعاني

فَشُعوبٌ وقَبائلْ

So tribes and clans,

This one going and that one

ذاهِبٌ هذا وهذا

من ضَميرِ الغيبِ قابلْ

Meeting from the conscience of the unseen.

With the two matters is truly

ولّدى الأمرَيْنِ حَقًّا

ليسَ إِلاَّ الله فاعلْ

None but God the Doer.

Trust in Him and leave others,

ثِقْ بهِ واتْرُكْ سواهُ

وارْبُطَنْ فيهِ الوَسائلْ

And tie in Him the means.

And take the Guide as imam,

وخُذِ الهادي إماماً

فهوَ بُرْهانُ الدَّلائلْ

For He is the proof of proofs.

He has made firm the matter and fulfilled

أحْكَمَ الأمرَ وأدَّى

صادقاً كُلَّ الرَّسائلْ

Truthfully all messages.

And follow the people, for among them

واتْبَعِ القومَ فَمنهُمْ

كُلُّ مَقْبولٍ ووَاصِلْ

Is every accepted one, arrivers.

They knew God and truly

عَرَفوا اللهَ وحَقًّا

ما خلا الله فَباطِلْ

Other than God is false.

Do not separate from them, so one who separated

لا تُفارِقْهُمْ فَما فا

رَقَ أهلَ الحَقِّ عاقلْ

From the people of truth is not reasonable.

And ask the Merciful in the two abodes

وسَلِ الرَّحمنَ في الدَّا

رَينِ إدْراكَ المَآمِلْ

Attaining hopes.

His righteousness and pardon to the virtuous

بِرُّهُ والعَفْوُ للمُحْ

سِنِ والمُذْنِبِ شاملْ

And sinner is all-encompassing.

And the prayer of God to the Chosen

وصَلاةُ الله للمُخْ

تارِ من أزْكى القَبائلْ

From the most pure clans,

And the companions and family

ولأصْحابٍ وآلٍ

دَأبُهُمْ نَشْرُ الفَضائلْ

Whose habit is spreading virtues.