1. اعتزلِ الناسَ ومِلْ

    عنهمْ بنفسٍ صادقهْ

    Withdraw from people and turn

    away from them with a sincere soul.

  2. صارَ الرباطُ كاسمِهِ

    والخانقاهُ خانقَهْ

    The ribat has become a tether, true to its name,

    and the khanqah a strangler.

  3. والناسُ قد تصنَّعوا

    وليسَ فيهمْ بارقَهْ

    And people have put on an act,

    and there is no glimmer among them,

  4. إلا قليلاً قال عن

    دنياهُ أنتِ طالقَهْ

    except a few who said of

    their worldly life: “You are divorced.”