إِيّاكَ مِن كَذَبِ الكَذوبِ وَإِفكِهِ

إِيّاكَ مِن كَذَبِ الكَذوبِ وَإِفكِهِ

فَلَرُبَّما مَزَجَ اليَقينَ بِشَكِّهِ

فَلَرُبَّما مَزَجَ اليَقينَ بِشَكِّهِ

Beware the liar’s lies and his fabrications;

Beware of the habitual liar's lies and his falsehood.

for often he mingles certainty with his doubt.

For often he mixes certainty with his doubt.

وَلَرُبَّما ضَحِكَ الكَذوبُ تَكَلُّفاً

وَلَرُبَّما ضَحِكَ الكَذوبُ تَكَلُّفاً

وَبَكى مِنَ الشَيءِ الَّذي لَم يُبكِهِ

وَبَكى مِنَ الشَيءِ الَّذي لَم يُبكِهِ

And often the liar laughs with studied affectation,

And often the liar laughs for show,

and weeps over what has given him no cause to weep.

and weeps over something that did not move him to tears.

وَلَرُبَّما صَمَتَ الكَذوبُ تَخَلُّقاً

وَلَرُبَّما صَمَتَ الكَذوبُ تَخَلُّقاً

وَشَكى مِنَ الشَيءِ الَّذي لَم يُشكِهِ

وَشَكى مِنَ الشَيءِ الَّذي لَم يُشكِهِ

And often the liar falls silent, feigning good character,

And often the liar keeps silent as a pose,

and complains of what has given him no cause to complain.

and complains of something that gave him no cause to complain.

وَلَرُبَّما كَذَبَ اِمرُؤٌ بِكَلامِهِ

وَلَرُبَّما كَذَبَ اِمرُؤٌ بِكَلامِهِ

وَبِصَمتِهِ وَبُكائِهِ وَبِضِحكِهِ

وَبِصَمتِهِ وَبُكائِهِ وَبِضِحكِهِ

And often a man lies through his words,

And often a person lies through his speech,

and through his silence, his weeping, and his laughter.

and through his silence, and through his weeping, and through his laughter.