تباعد عن دنئ دنيوي

ولا تك غير فضل الله راج

Distance yourself from the lowly worldly life

And do not seek anything but the grace of God

ألم تر أن طول القرب يردي

مزاجك عند منفسد المزاج

Have you not seen that long intimacy corrupts

Your temperament when the temperament is corrupted

كبحر مازجته عذاب ماء

فغالب طبعها طبع الأجاج

Like a sea mixed with the torture of water

So its nature overcomes the nature of vitriol

وكن فيما ابتليت به حليف صبر

فإن الداء يسهل بالعلاج

And be patient with what you are tested with

For the disease is eased by the cure

وناج به الإله فكم مناج

له أمسى من العلات ناج

And pray to God for how many pray

To Him in the evening of illnesses cured