يا عَليلَ القلبِ ما أَغفَلَكَا

وبعلمِ الحقِّ ما أَجْهَلَكَا

O ailing of heart, how oblivious you’ve been

To the knowledge of truth, how ignorant you’ve been

غِرتَ للنَّفسِ وما غِرْتَ له

أَنْتَ لو غِرْتَ لهُ غارَ لَكَا

You were deceived for the self, not for Him

If you were deceived for Him, He would’ve protected you

تدَّعي القطعَ مع الوَصلِ وقدْ

رُحْتَ كَذَّاباً فما أَذْهَلَكَا

You claim attachment amidst detachment, yet

You have lied, how confused you’ve been

قلبُكَ المَطْموسُ في أَوهامِهِ

يا عَليلَ العقلِ قد علَّلَكَا

Your heart is sealed in its delusions

O ailing of mind, how diseased you’ve been

تزعُمُ الوَصلَ على قطعٍ فقُلْ

بعدَ سِرِّ القطعِ من أَوْصَلَكَا

You claim attachment over detachment, so say

After the secret of detachment, who attached you?

أَنْتَ في حكمِ التَّجَلِّي ناقِصٌ

عندَ ذاكَ الحكمِ من أَكْمَلَكَا

You are deficient in the ruling of manifestation

In that ruling, who perfected you?

تَروي للنَّفسِ أَحاديثَ الهَوَى

كلُّها صادِرَةٌ عنكَ لَكَا

You narrate to the self the tales of passions

All of them coming from you, to you

قلتَ لي فضلٌ على الغَيْرِ بلا

حُجَّةٌ يا خِبُّ من فَضَّلَكَا

You told me you're superior to others without

Any proof, O expert of preferences, who preferred you?

رُحْتَ بالوهمِ ولم تَرْضَ الهُدى

في أَساليبِ الغُوَى مُنْسَلِكا

You walked the path of illusion, not content with guidance

In the ways of misguidance, a wanderer

ليلَكَ الدَّاجي سنَطْويهِ سُدًى

إنَّ ضوءَ الشَّمسِ يَمحو الحَلَكَا

Your dark night, we will fold away

For the sun's light erases the darkness

سَلْسَلَتْكَ النَّفسُ طَيشاً للعُلى

غيرُ طيشِ النَّفسِ من سَلْسَلَكَا

Your self chained you foolishly to the sublime

Other than the self's foolishness, who chained you?

تَكْرَهُ العَدلَ وتَبْغي ظالِماً

عن طَريقِ اللهِ ما أَعْدَلَكَا

You dislike justice and love an oppressor

From God's path, how unjust you've been

تحصُدُ الشَّرَّ وتَبغي طَيِّباً

يا أَخا الخِسَّةِ لُمْ مِنْجَلَكَا

You reap evil and desire goodness

O brother of villainy, why did you sharpen your sickle?

خَفْ إلهاً كلَّما رُمْتَ أَذًى

للأَحِبَّاءِ لهُ عَطَّلَكا

You feared God whenever you intended harm

To loved ones, so He disabled you

هُمْ بحِفْظِ اللهِ يا مِسْكينُ نَمْ

أَنْتَ بالوَهْمِ أَدَرْتَ الفَلَكَا

They are under God's protection, O poor soul

While you, with illusion, spun the sphere

هُمْ بعَيْنِ المُصْطَفى في مَدَدٍ

كلَّما حارَبْتَهُمْ حارَبَكا

They have the aid of Mustafa’s eye

Whenever you fight them, they will fight you

سيِّدٌ سادَ على الرُّسلِ عُلًى

أَنزَلَ اللهُ عليهِ المَلَكَا

A master who ruled over the messengers with supremacy

God sent down to him the angels

فعَليهِ اللهُ صلَّى سَرْمَداً

مِثلما الأَشياءَ طُرًّا مَلَكَا

So upon him, God prayed eternally

Just as He determined all things eternally