مَن كانَ ليسَ بخاضعٍ لرئيسهِ

مَن كانَ ليسَ بخاضعٍ لرئيسهِ

بالطاعةِ القُصوى وغاياتِ الرِضى

بالطاعةِ القُصوى وغاياتِ الرِضى

Whoever is not submissive to his superior

Who is not completely obedient to his leader

With the utmost obedience and the fullest contentment,

With utmost obedience and the heights of contentment

بُنبي بأَنَّ الجِسمَ لم يَخضَع لهُ

بُنبي بأَنَّ الجِسمَ لم يَخضَع لهُ

بل انهُ شَرِسٌ وليسَ مروَّضا

بل انهُ شَرِسٌ وليسَ مروَّضا

Indicates that the body has not submitted to him,

Is warned that the body did not submit to him

Rather, it is unruly and has not been tamed.

But rather it is fierce and not tamed

فأسرُع لطاعتِكَ الرئيسَ بلَذَّةٍ

فأسرُع لطاعتِكَ الرئيسَ بلَذَّةٍ

ان شِئتَ تُخضِعَ جِسمكَ المتنهِّصا

ان شِئتَ تُخضِعَ جِسمكَ المتنهِّصا

So hasten gladly to obey the superior,

So hasten to obey your leader with pleasure

If you wish to subdue your restive body.

If you want to subdue your unruly body

إِنَّا نُبيدُ عَدُوَّنا من ظاهرٍ

إِنَّا نُبيدُ عَدُوَّنا من ظاهرٍ

إِن كانَ بيتُ الروحِ ليسَ مُقوَّضا

إِن كانَ بيتُ الروحِ ليسَ مُقوَّضا

Indeed, we destroy our enemy from without,

We destroy our enemy from the outside

If the house of the spirit is not torn down.

If the house of the soul is not demolished

فاحقُروهُن نفساً ترومُ كَرامةً

فاحقُروهُن نفساً ترومُ كَرامةً

واستأنِفَن في الحالِ جُملةَ ما مضى

واستأنِفَن في الحالِ جُملةَ ما مضى

So despise them—a soul that seeks honor—[wording unclear].

So scorn the selves that seek dignity

And begin anew at once all that has gone before.

And resume at once all that has passed