وإذا حرمت الجد ظلت من الدنا

ظمآن تستقي غروراً آلها

When you deny virtue, you remain thirsty for vain pleasures,

Seeking illusion to quench your thirst.

ولو اعتبرت الأمر أعطاك الحجا

ذوقاً يمج حرامها وحلالها

Had you considered the matter, wisdom would have given you

The taste to differentiate the unlawful from the lawful.

ورأيت ما أهوى إليها قاصد

إلا وعاني دهره أهوالها

And you would have seen that whoever seeks these pleasures

Will suffer the calamities of time.

وعلمت ما إن قلدت من منها

الأعناق حتى أتبعت أغلالها

And you would have known that if you follow the paths

Of temptation, shackles will pursue you.

سيان عيشك في ذراها موسرا

أو معسراً مهما افتكرت مآلها

Whether prosperous or destitute, your life remains the same

No matter how you ponder its outcomes.

هي مومس خرقاء لم تصلح لها

العقلاء خدنا فاصطفت جهالها

She is a tattered harlot, unfit for the wise,

Who chose her deceit over their counsel.

فاحذر غويا من بنيها إنها

شرك وقد أمسى الغواة حبالها

So beware the seduction of her sons, for it is

Idolatry, and the seduced are trapped in her ropes.