1. إلى مسجد طورا و طورا إلى حانِ

    يكون ملاكا تارة و كشيطانِ

    To a mosque at times, and at times to a tavern.

    At times he is an angel, and at times like a devil.

  2. و يحسن للمعدوم من فضل ماله

    و يجني ذنوبا لا يرى أنه جانِ

    And he gives generously to the destitute from his wealth,

    yet commits sins without seeing himself as the offender.

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    كل فتوى امتطتْ لسان جهول

    ***

    Every fatwa that rode the tongue of an ignorant person

  4. أزهقت أرواحا و أخْلت ديارا

    كم بلاد كانت تعيش بأمنٍ

    took lives and emptied homes.

    How many lands once lived in peace

  5. فأتتها فتوى تسوق الدمارا

    ***

    until a fatwa came to them, bringing destruction.

    ***

  6. و للمرء نفسان، واحدة

    تريد الرقي له و النجاحا

    And a person has two souls: one

    wants him to rise and succeed;

  7. و أخرى إلى الأرض شُدّتْ و لم

    تزل توسع الأخت منها نباحا

    the other is bound to the earth and has never

    ceased barking at her sister.