نَهاني ابنُ الرَسولِ عَن المُدامِ

وَأَدَّبَني بِآدابِ الكِرامِ

The Prophet's son has forbidden me from wine

And taught me the manners of nobility

وَقالَ ليَ اِصطَبِر عَنها وَدَعها

لِخَوفِ اللَهِ لا خَوفِ الأَنامِ

He said abstain from it and leave it

For fear of God, not fear of people

وَكَيفَ تَصَبُّري عَنها وَحُبّي

لَها حُبٌّ تَمَكَّنَ في عِظامي

But how can I abstain when my love for it

Is a love that has penetrated my bones

أَرى طيبَ الحَلالِ عَليَّ خُبثاً

وَطيبَ النَفسِ في خُبثِ الحَرامِ

I see the perfume of lawful things as foul

And the perfume of the soul in the foulness of sin