سَــلامُ اللـهِ يَـتْـبـعُــهُ سَــلامُ

عَلَى مَـنْ فِي الضَّـمِيرِ لَــهُ مَقَـامُ

God's peace followed by peace

Upon the one whose position is ensconced in conscience

عَلَى الحِـبِّ المُكـرَّمِ مَـن تَرَقَّــى

إِلـَى أَعلـَى مَـكــارِمَ لا تُــرامُ

Upon elevated love, he who has risen

To the highest of noble deeds that have no peer

وَفَاقَ الطَّالِبيـنَ ذَكًـا وَحِرْصًـا

وآدَابًــا وَمَــعْــرِفَــةً تُـسَــــامُ

And has surpassed the seekers in intellect, desire

Etiquette and enlightened knowledge are his measure

وَفَـارَقَ لِلقَـواطِــعِ بِاشْتِيــاقٍ

ومَـنْ طَلَـبَ المَكـارِمَ مـا يُــلامُ

And separated with yearning for undertakings

While the seeker of virtues is not blamed

وخَـلَّى كُـلَّ مُشْتَغِــلٍ يُنــادِي

أَلا لَيْتِــي بِمَنــزِلِــهِ أَقَــامُـــوا

And left every preoccupied one crying out

Oh, would that I come to his abode and remain

فَبَعْدَ الدَّأْبِ تَرضَى أَنْ تُسَاوِي

لأَرْبــابِ الْبِـطَـالَــةِ أَوْ تَـنَـــامُ

So after striving you are pleased to equal

The masters of idleness or to sleep

وَبَعْدَ صُعـودِكَ الدَّرَجَ الْعَـوالِي

تُجــاذِبُ لِلنُّـزُولِ فَــذَا سَقَــامُ

And after your ascent to the highest degrees

You fluctuate towards descent, so it is a malady

فَمـا أَلْهـاكَ عَـنْ عِلْـمٍ تَسَامَـى

وَعَـزَّ عَلَيْكَ يَـا هَـذَا الْعِظَـامُ؟!

What then has distracted you from transcendent knowledge

And difficult for you, O great one, has it become?!

أَمَ الْهــاكَ اقْتِـدَاؤُكَ بِالكُسَــالَى

فَضَاعَ الوقتُ وانْفَرطَ النِّظامُ؟!

Or has emulating the lazy destroyed you

So time is lost and composure comes undone?!