قُل لِلفقيه علامَ تُمسي حائراً

في الحاءِ من حلّ الدخانِ وحرمَتِه

Tell the jurist why he remains confused

About the legality of tobacco and its smoke

ما هو إلّا نفحة مَن شمّها

أَربى على المسكِ السحيق ونَفحتِه

It is but a scent; he who smells it

Grows accustomed, like musk's perfume which makes one drunk

لَكن دعَوهُ بنفَّةٍ لتجنّبٍ

من حائكم يا ذا الفقيه وَشُبهَتِه

But call it a whiff, just to avoid

The jurist who forbids it, and his spurious logic