The muhtasib saw a drunk on the road and took him by the collar
    The drunk said oh friend, this is a shirt, not a rein

    He said: You're drunk, and thus you walk while stumbling
    He said: The crime is not walking, the road is not even

    He said: I must take you to the judge's house
    He said: Go and come back in the morning, the judge is not awake at midnight

    He said: The governor's place is near, we will go there
    He said: Who's to say the governor himself isn't at the wine house?

    He said: Until we tell the sheriff, sleep in the mosque
    He said: The mosque is not a place for sinners to sleep

    He said: Give me a dinar secretly and rid yourself (of this trouble)
    He said: The way of the religious law is not the way of dirhams and dinars

    He said: For compensation, I will take your clothes
    He said: It's rotten, not much more than a pattern on weft and warp

    He said: You're not vigilant, thus your hat fell from your head
    He said: A head must have reason, being hatless is not shameful

    He said: You've had too much wine, thus you have lost your sense of self
    He said: O you who speaks in vain, it's not about too little or too much

    He said: The people who are aware must punish the drunk
    He said: Bring me someone who is aware, there are none who are aware here