لَعَمرِيَ لَقَد عَزَّ المُباحُ عَلَيكُمُ

لَعَمرِيَ لَقَد عَزَّ المُباحُ عَلَيكُمُ

وَهانَ بِجَهلٍ ما يُصانُ وَيُحظَرُ

وَهانَ بِجَهلٍ ما يُصانُ وَيُحظَرُ

By my life, what is lawful has indeed grown scarce for you;

By my life, the lawful has grown difficult for you,

And through ignorance, what is safeguarded and forbidden is held cheap.

While through ignorance what should be forbidden is slighted.

وَفي الحَقِّ أَشباهٌ مِنَ الذَهَبِ الَّذي

وَفي الحَقِّ أَشباهٌ مِنَ الذَهَبِ الَّذي

نُشاهِدُهُ ثِقلٌ وَمَكثٌ وَمَنظَرُ

نُشاهِدُهُ ثِقلٌ وَمَكثٌ وَمَنظَرُ

And truth has traits in common with the gold that

Yet in truth there are kinds of gold we behold

We behold: weight, permanence, and appearance.

Heavy, inert, to look at unpleasing.