وذي كبر عفناه صغيرا

وذي كبر عفناه صغيرا

وقام يروم خدعتنا كبيرا

وقام يروم خدعتنا كبيرا

And an arrogant man—we loathed him when young—

He who we knew as a little boy rotten

rose, now grown, seeking to deceive us.

Grew up and started deceiving us as an elder

فقلنا يا كبير الفكر مهلا

فقلنا يا كبير الفكر مهلا

انجهل من عرفناه صغيرا

انجهل من عرفناه صغيرا

So we said, “O great thinker, wait—

So we said, "Slow down, O wise elder!

do we not know one we knew when young?”

For we will not be fooled by one we knew as a little boy."