رُوَيدَ عَنِ الأَمرَ الَّذي كُنتَ جاهِلاً

بِأَسبابِهِ حَتّى تَغِبَّ عَواقِبُه

Be gentle about the matter of which you were ignorant

Of its reasons until its consequences fade away

لَعَلَّ حِمى الدَهنا يَضيقُ بِراكِبٍ

إِذا ما غَدا أَو راحَ تَسري رَكايِبُه

Perhaps the world becomes too narrow for a rider

When he sets out or returns with his mounts

أَرى زَهدَماً لا يَستَطيعُ فَعالَهُ

لَئيمٌ وَلا الكَسبَ الَّذي هُوَ كاسِبُه

I see an ascetic who cannot do his asceticism

Wretched, nor the earning which he earns