لَعَمرِيَ لَقَد عَزَّ المُباحُ عَلَيكُمُ

وَهانَ بِجَهلٍ ما يُصانُ وَيُحظَرُ

By my life, the lawful has grown difficult for you,

While through ignorance what should be forbidden is slighted.

وَفي الحَقِّ أَشباهٌ مِنَ الذَهَبِ الَّذي

نُشاهِدُهُ ثِقلٌ وَمَكثٌ وَمَنظَرُ

Yet in truth there are kinds of gold we behold

Heavy, inert, to look at unpleasing.