ربَّ شَيءٍ تَراهُ يحسُنُ في عَي

ربَّ شَيءٍ تَراهُ يحسُنُ في عَي

نِكَ حتى تردَّ عينكَ عَنهُ

نِكَ حتى تردَّ عينكَ عَنهُ

Many a thing you see appears lovely to your

Many a thing seems fair to the eye

eye—until you turn your gaze away from it.

Till the eye turns from it, take my advice;

فإذا ما امتَحنتَهُ وجَبَ الطُّه

فإذا ما امتَحنتَهُ وجَبَ الطُّه

رُ عَليها مِنه مِنه فَلا تَمتَحِنهُ

رُ عَليها مِنه مِنه فَلا تَمتَحِنهُ

Yet when you put it to the test, cleansing becomes due

When thou hast proved it, their purity

upon the eye because of it—because of it! So test it not.

Becomes but fouler in thine eyes.

طُهِّرَ السُّوقُ مِنه والمسجدُ الجا

طُهِّرَ السُّوقُ مِنه والمسجدُ الجا

معُ أولى بأن يُطَهَّرَ مِنهُ

معُ أولى بأن يُطَهَّرَ مِنهُ

The marketplace has been cleansed of it; and the congregational

The market and mosque, from these keep free

mosque has a greater claim to be cleansed of it.

Yet holier places still there be.