على النفس من نفسي رقيب موكل

على النفس من نفسي رقيب موكل

يجنبّها ملا يحلّ ويجمل

يجنبّها ملا يحلّ ويجمل

A watchman from my own soul is appointed over the soul,

I have a guardian over my soul from my own soul

keeping it from what is neither lawful nor seemly.

To protect it from what is unlawful and adorn it with virtue

عليها لها منه رقيب وزاجر

عليها لها منه رقيب وزاجر

ومنها لها فيها عليه التوكل

ومنها لها فيها عليه التوكل

Over it, for its sake, from him come a watchman and a restrainer;

It has a guardian and warner from it

and from it, for its sake, within it, comes reliance on him.

And it relies on it to guard against its own evil

تُراعي الذي يرعى مراعاة شرّها

تُراعي الذي يرعى مراعاة شرّها

فليسَ لها إلا عليه المعوّل

فليسَ لها إلا عليه المعوّل

It heeds the one who keeps careful watch over its evil;

It is mindful of the One who cares for it

for its reliance rests on him alone.

So it depends only on Him

صفا فكرُها في فكرها فكأنّها

صفا فكرُها في فكرها فكأنّها

إذا لوحظت بالفكر فكر ممثل

إذا لوحظت بالفكر فكر ممثل

Its thought grew clear within its thought, so it seems,

Its thought is pure within itself, so it seems

when viewed through thought, a thought embodied.

That when examined by thought, a thought is embodied