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Heavy as though it were the cold of Kanun

وثقيل كأنه برد كانون

1. Heavy as though it were the cold of Kanun
A man of little modesty, voluble in speech

١. وَثَقيلٍ كَأَنَّهُ بَردُ كانو
نٍ قَليلَ الحَياءِ جَمَّ الكَلامِ

2. He does not know that he does not know
Some men are like cattle

٢. لَيسَ يَدري بِأَنَّهُ لَيسَ يَدري
إِنَّ بَعضَ الأَنامِ كَالأَنعامِ

3. He wishes, O distant one, what he wishes
If his name were mentioned on feet

٣. يَتَمَنّى يا بُعدَ ما يَتَمَنّى
لَو جَرى ذِكرُهُ عَلى الأَقدامِ

4. And he who made the vile man covetous and enticed him
With insulting the generous, it is the patience of the generous

٤. وَالَّذي أَطمَعَ اللَئيمَ وَأَغراهُ
بِسَبِّ الكِرامِ حُلمُ الكِرامِ

5. And He who made the generous man forbearing
He disliked being counted among the mob

٥. وَالَّذي صَيَّرَ الكَريمَ حَليماً
كِرهُهُ أَن يُعَدَّ صِنوَ الطَغامِ

6. He prevented the owl from being hunted and shot
Because it is unfit for food

٦. مَنَعَ البومَ أَن يُصادَ وَيُرمى
كَونُهُ غَيرُ صالِحٍ لِلطَعامِ