يا قلب كم لك في عما وغفله

يا قلب كم لك في عما وغفله

اجعل جهة قصدك اليه قبله

اجعل جهة قصدك اليه قبله

O heart, how long have you dwelt in blindness and heedlessness?

O heart, how much you have been heedless of

Make the direction of your quest toward Him your qibla.

Make your destination to Him before

ما فات من عمرك فلا عوض له

ما فات من عمرك فلا عوض له

وما حصل لك منه لا ثمن له

وما حصل لك منه لا ثمن له

What has passed of your life has no replacement,

What has passed of your life, there is no compensation for it

And what you have of it is beyond price.

And what you have attained of it, there is no price for it

ساعات عمرت كلها مواسم

ساعات عمرت كلها مواسم

فلا يفوتك منها الغنائم

فلا يفوتك منها الغنائم

The hours you are given to live are all seasons for gain,

The hours of your life are all seasons

So do not let the gains from them pass you by.

So do not miss from them the booties

قد فاز التجار وأنت نائم

قد فاز التجار وأنت نائم

حتى أتى افلاسك بغير مهله

حتى أتى افلاسك بغير مهله

The merchants have already prospered while you slept,

The traders have won while you were sleeping

Until bankruptcy befell you without reprieve.

Until your bankruptcy came without respite

اياك أن تقطع مسافة العمر

اياك أن تقطع مسافة العمر

بغير طاعه إن ذلك الخسر

بغير طاعه إن ذلك الخسر

Beware of traveling the length of life

Beware cutting the distance of life

Without obedience; that, indeed, is loss.

Without obedience, that is the loss

ما أعددت له من مسألة ومن عذر

ما أعددت له من مسألة ومن عذر

إذا أقامك في مقام عدله

إذا أقامك في مقام عدله

What plea and what excuse have you prepared for Him

You have not prepared for it any question or excuse

When He makes you stand before His justice?

When He establishes you in the position of His justice

فلا تظن أن الرجا أماني

فلا تظن أن الرجا أماني

تضيف إلى جهلك ضلال ثاني

تضيف إلى جهلك ضلال ثاني

So do not think that hope is idle wishing,

So do not think that wishes are securities

Adding a second error to your ignorance.

Adding to your ignorance a second misguidance

فلا رجا الا ما تعانى

فلا رجا الا ما تعانى

من العمل تحصده في محله

من العمل تحصده في محله

So there is no hope except in what you labor at—

There is no wish except what you suffer

Work that you will reap in its proper place.

From work you harvest it in its place