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Do not be fooled by the devil and his acts

لا تبهت الشيطان في فعله

1. Do not be fooled by the devil and his acts
It is enough that you are of his party

١. لا تَبْهَتِ الشَّيْطَانَ فِي فِعْلِهِ
فَقَدْ كَفَى أَنَّكَ مِنْ حِزْبِهِ

2. So be base, for the pig is not in its kind
More base in nature than you in its earnings

٢. فَاخْسَأْ فَمَا الْخِنْزِيرُ فِي نَوْعِهِ
أَخَسَّ طَبْعاً مِنْكَ فِي كَسْبِهِ

3. Had you not been so heavily burdened in this world
People would not have rushed to insult you

٣. لَوْ لَمْ تَكُنْ فِي الدَّهْرِ مُسْتَوْزَراً
مَا سَارَعَ النَّاسُ إِلى سَبِّهِ

4. That one, had the people not been so lethargic
Would not have slept in such confidence by his side

٤. ذَاكَ الَّذِي لَوْلا خُمُولُ الْوَرَى
مَا نامَ مِنْ أَمْنٍ عَلَى جَنْبِهِ

5. He does to people his evil deeds
And does not fear God for his sins

٥. يَفْعَلُ بِالنَّاسِ أَفَاعِيلَهُ
وَلا يَخَافُ الله مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ

6. So goodness and grace are in his absence
While evil and wrath are in his presence

٦. فَالْخَيْرُ وَالنِّعْمَةُ فِي بُعْدِهِ
والشَرُّ وَالنِقْمَةُ فِي قُرْبِهِ

7. The proudest of God's creations, so if
You oppose him, he turns back on his heel

٧. أَشَدُّ خَلْقِ اللهِ كِبْراً فَإِنْ
فَاجَأْتَهُ كَرَّ عَلَى عَقْبِهِ

8. I disparaged him, not to achieve his demise
But to restrain myself from his harm

٨. هَجَوْتُهُ لا بَالِغَاً لُؤْمَهُ
لَكِنَّنِي كَفْكَفْتُ مِنْ غَرْبِهِ

9. If I have attained some of his honor
Then I have sullied my poetry with him

٩. فَإِنْ أَكُنْ قَدْ نِلْتُ مِنْ عِرْضِهِ
فَإِنَّنِي دَنَّسْتُ شِعْرِي بِهِ

10. So let no one blame but himself
Who unleashed people upon his worn-out coat

١٠. فَلا يَلُومَنَّ سِوَى نَفْسِهِ
مَنْ سَلَّطَ النَّاسَ عَلَى ثَلْبِهِ