أَمدعياً علماً وَلَستَ بقارئٍ
كِتاباً عَلى شَيخٍ بِهِ يَسهُلُ الحَزنُ
Do you claim to possess knowledge, though you have not read
a book under a shaykh, through whom the difficult becomes easy?
أَتَزعُم أَنَّ الذهن يُوضِحُ مشكلاً
بِلا موضح كَلا لَقَد كَذَبَ الذِهنُ
Do you suppose the mind can elucidate a difficult problem
without someone to explain it? No—the mind has surely lied.
وَإِنَّ الَّذي تَبغيه دونَ مُعَلِّمٍ
كَموقِدِ مصباحٍ وَلَيسَ لَهُ دُهنُ
Indeed, what you seek without a teacher
is like one kindling a lamp when he has no oil.
Sol 5.6