لَقَد هانَ عَلى الناسِ

لَقَد هانَ عَلى الناسِ

مَن اِحتاجَ إِلى الناسِ

مَن اِحتاجَ إِلى الناسِ

Indeed, people hold in low regard

He who needs mankind is disdained

whoever has need of people.

Protect yourself from hopeless yearning

فَصُن نَفسَكَ عَمّا كا

فَصُن نَفسَكَ عَمّا كا

نَ عِندَ الناسِ بِالياسِ

نَ عِندَ الناسِ بِالياسِ

So guard yourself from what is

Many a healing draft relieves thirst

in people's possession, by renouncing hope of it.

But sometimes truth weighs like a mountain

فَكَم مِن مَشرَبٍ يَشفي ال

فَكَم مِن مَشرَبٍ يَشفي ال

صَدى مِن مَشرَبٍ قاسِ

صَدى مِن مَشرَبٍ قاسِ

For many a draught that quenches

thirst comes from a harsh source.

وَثِقلُ الحَقِّ أَحياناً

وَثِقلُ الحَقِّ أَحياناً

كَمِثلِ الجَبَلِ الراسي

كَمِثلِ الجَبَلِ الراسي

And the weight of truth, at times,

is like the firmly rooted mountain.