The biggest bullies rarely scream
They don’t need to remind you of their power
Because they know
And you know
And they know you know
That they can take you out without using any muscle
Without pounding their chest
Without raising their voice
Others do their business for them
They don’t even need to ask
It would bother their conscience
It’s just understood
What happens to those who get in their way

The biggest bullies are often gentlemen
In soft clothes
With soft voices
Humble smiles
And deadly power

There is no pleasure in life except accompanying the [fuqara]
 for they are the sultans and the masters and the princes [umara]

La vie n’est agréable qu’en compagnie des soufis
 Ils sont les seigneurs, les princes et les sultans

 مــا لــذة الـعـيش إلا صـحبة الـفـقرا     
هــم الـسـلاطين و الـسـادات والأمـرا

Poem in Arabic and English translation:
http://islamicpearls.net/abumadyanrpoem.html
Traduction française :
http://al.alawi.1934.free.fr/index.php/soufismetasawwuf/41-aplication/317-le-code-de-conduite-dans-la-voie-des-soufis.html
Abu Madyan Bio in English:
http://www.dar-sirr.com/Sidi-Abu-Madyan.html