وَعاشَ بِدَعوى العِلمِ ناسٌ وَما لَهُم

وَعاشَ بِدَعوى العِلمِ ناسٌ وَما لَهُم

مِن العلمِ حَظٌّ لا بِعَقلٍ وَلا نَقلِ

مِن العلمِ حَظٌّ لا بِعَقلٍ وَلا نَقلِ

And some people have lived by claiming knowledge, though they have

no share of knowledge, whether reasoned or transmitted.

فَيا عَجَباً للحَبرِ يَحرم رزقه

فَيا عَجَباً للحَبرِ يَحرم رزقه

بعلم وَللأغمار ترزق بِالجهلِ

بعلم وَللأغمار ترزق بِالجهلِ

So how strange that the scholar is denied his livelihood

for his learning, while the ignorant are sustained by ignorance!