جَدِّدْ حَيَاتَكَ بِالصِّيَامِ

فَبِالصِّيَامِ غِذَاءُ رُوحِكْ

Renew your life through fasting.

For fasting is nourishment for your soul.

دَاوِ الَّذِي تَشْكُو بِتَقْوَى

اللَّهِ تَبْرَا مِنْ قُرُوحِكْ

Treat the wounds of which you complain with reverence

for God, and you will be healed of your sores.

وَاغْنَمْ أُوَيْقَاتِ التَّجَلِّي

فِي الطَّرِيقِ إِلَى نُزُوحِكْ

Seize the brief moments of illumination

on the road toward your departure.

اشْحَذْ سُمُوَّكَ عَنْ حَيَاةِ

اللَّغْوِ وَادْأَبْ فِي طُمُوحِكْ

Whet your headlong drive away from a life

of diversion, and persevere in your aspiration.

وَارْقَ الذُّرَا وَدَعِ الثَّرَى

طَالَ المُقَامُ عَلَى سُفُوحِكْ

Ascend the summits and leave the earth behind—

long have you lingered upon your foothills.