1. يا قائِلاً إِنَّ قشرَ البُنِّ قد حَرُما

    لكونه مُفسداً عقلَ الَّذي طَعِما

    O you who say that coffee husks have become forbidden,

    because they impair the mind of whoever consumes them:

  2. إِفسادُه العقلَ مَمنوعٌ كما شَهِدَت

    به التَجاربُ فاِسأل من به عَلما

    That they impair the mind is denied, as

    experience has shown; so ask one who knows about them.

  3. وإِن بتحريمِهِ أَفتى مكابرةً

    أَبو كثيرٍ فدَعهُ والَّذي زَعَما

    And even if, out of obstinacy, they were ruled forbidden

    by Abu Kathir, leave him and what he claimed.

  4. فَلَيسَ تحريمُه يوماً بضائِرنا

    إِذ كانَ إفسادُه للعقل قد عُدِما

    For declaring them forbidden will never harm us,

    since they cause no impairment of the mind.

  5. وَما يحلِّلُ شَيئاً أَو يحرِّمُه

    إلّا الَّذي خلقَ الأَشياءَ لا العُلَما

    And no one makes anything lawful or forbids it

    except the One who created all things—not the scholars.