لولا مخافة ظالم من ظالم

لغدا عليك جميع هذا العالم

Were it not for fear of harm from the unjust

All the people in this world would be against you

فاحفظ ثيابك من صديق وامق

بل كحل عينك من فقيه عالم

So guard your clothes from a friendly deceiver

Rather, protect your eyes from a learned jurist

فمتى استهنت بما ذكرت ولم تقف

عند التحفّظ كنت عين الظالم

For if you scoff at what I mentioned and do not stop

To be cautious, you will be the eye of the unjust

إن الفقيه له عليك تأوّل

ينجيه من عيب ولوم اللائم

Verily the jurist has an interpretation for himself

That saves him from blame and the blamer's rebuke