إنِ النَّاسُ غَطّوني تَغَطَّيتُ عَنهُمُ

إنِ النَّاسُ غَطّوني تَغَطَّيتُ عَنهُمُ

وَإن بَحَثوا عَنِّي فَفِيهم مَبَاحِثُ

وَإن بَحَثوا عَنِّي فَفِيهم مَبَاحِثُ

If people draw a veil over me, I veil myself from them;

If people conceal my faults, I turn a blind eye to theirs;

but if they probe into me, there are matters in them to probe.

And if they probe into me, there is much in them to probe.

وإن حَفَروا بِئرِي حَفَرتُ بِئَارَهُم

وإن حَفَروا بِئرِي حَفَرتُ بِئَارَهُم

لِيُعلَمَ يَوماً كَيفَ تِلكَ النَّبَائِثُ

لِيُعلَمَ يَوماً كَيفَ تِلكَ النَّبَائِثُ

And if they dig my well, I shall dig their wells,

And if they dig my well, I dig their wells,

so that each may learn one day what those excavations are like.

So that one day it may be known what those diggings bring to light.