لَحا اللَّهُ الذي استَرعاك سِرّاً

لَحا اللَّهُ الذي استَرعاك سِرّاً

لِتَكتمهُ وفَضَّ اللَّهُ فاهُ

لِتَكتمهُ وفَضَّ اللَّهُ فاهُ

May God curse the one who entrusted you with a secret

May God reward the one who confided in you secretly,

For you to conceal, and may God shatter his mouth!

So you would conceal it, but God made him reveal it openly.

فإنَّكَ بالذي استُكتِمتَ فيه

فإنَّكَ بالذي استُكتِمتَ فيه

أنَمُّ مِن الزُّجاجِ لِما حَواهُ

أنَمُّ مِن الزُّجاجِ لِما حَواهُ

For, concerning what you were asked to keep secret,

For you are more revealing with what you were entrusted to hide,

You are more revealing than glass is of what it holds.

Than clear glass containing what is inside.