كَقُنفُذِlike a hedgehog القِنِّthe hill لاnot تَخفىare hidden مَدارِجُهُits paths
كَقُنفُذِ القِنِّ لا تَخفى مَدارِجُهُ
خَبٌّa sly deceiver إِذاwhen نامَhe sleeps عِندَamong الناسِthe people لَمdoes not يَنَمِsleep
خَبٌّ إِذا نامَ عِندَ الناسِ لَم يَنَمِ
Like a hedgehog of the hill, whose paths are not hidden,
Like a hedgehog in the bush, his steps cannot be hidden,
A sly deceiver who, when he sleeps among people, does not sleep.
Wise is he who feigns sleep in the company of men, but does not sleep.
Sol 6.1