1. مِكْناسَةٌ جُمِعَتْ بِها زُمَرُ العِدَى

    فمَدى بَريدِ فيهِ ألْفُ مَريدِ

    Meknes—bands of enemies have been gathered there;

    For within a postal stage’s span are a thousand fiends:

  2. مِنْ واصِلٍ للجوعِ لا لرِياضَةٍ

    أو لابِسٍ للصّوفِ غيْرِ مُريدِ

    One who has attained through hunger, not ascetic discipline,

    Or one clad in wool, yet no spiritual seeker.

  3. فإذا سَلَكْتَ طريقَها متصَوِّفاً

    فابْنِ السّلوكَ بِها على التّجْريدِ

    So if you tread its path as a Sufi,

    Then base your spiritual wayfaring there on detachment.