Although I am a respected libertine, do not ask the pious Sheikh about this, because in his eyes, the entire world today is condemned to hell.

Here, the poet takes a delightfully witty jab at self-righteous moralizers. He acknowledges that he is a free-spirited transgressor who still carries deep self-respect, but warns against asking the orthodox preacher about his character. In the eyes of such dogmatic judges, no human soul is pure enough—to them, the entire living world is perpetually condemned to hell.