خُذْ بالأشَدّ إذا ما الشَّرعُ وافَقَهُ
ولا تمِلْ بك في أهوائكَ الرُّخَصُ
Choose the stricter course whenever the Sacred Law sanctions it;
and do not let dispensations sway you toward your whims.
ولا تَكُنْ كَبَني الدُّنْيا رأيتُهُمُ
إن أدْبَرَتْ زَهِدوا أو أقبلَتْ حَرَصوا
Do not be like the children of this world—I have seen them:
when she turns away, they renounce her; when she approaches, they covet her.
Sol 5.6