1. أيها المربوطْ

    إِنَّا نريدْ حَلَّكْ

    O you who are bound,

    Indeed, we wish to set you free,

  2. وأنتْ تريد تربوطْ

    رجلي معْ رجلكْ

    while you wish to bind

    my leg to your leg.

  3. يا ذا الذي أعطيت

    للوهم أرسلناك

    O you who were given

    to illusion—we sent you.

  4. إِن لم تعدْ مطلقْ

    مرَ عنِّي طَرقانكْ

    If you do not become unbound,

    go your ways, away from me.

  5. فليسْ أنا نرجعْ

    في الأسر من شأنكْ

    For I will not return

    to captivity for your sake.

  6. إِن لم تعد مثلي

    أنّا نَعُدْ مثلك

    If you do not become like me,

    am I to become like you?

  7. البسطْ يصلح لِي

    والقبض يصلحْ لك

    Expansion suits me,

    and contraction suits you.

  8. سلمتُ بالتحقيقْ

    من عِلة الأوهامْ

    Through realization, I have been delivered

    from the affliction of illusions.

  9. والفقرُ أغناني

    عن سائر الأفهامْ

    And poverty has made me independent

    of all forms of understanding.

  10. والحقْ أطهر لي

    شرائع الالهامْ

    And the Truth purified for me

    the laws of inspiration,

  11. وأظهر لي الأسرارْ

    الذي ورا عقلكْ

    and revealed to me the secrets

    that lie beyond your mind,

  12. وأغناني عن أشعار

    قد أثقلت ظهركْ

    and freed me from the need for verses

    that have weighed down your back.