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If a person shows what he sees,

إذا ما الشخص أظهر ما يراه

1. If a person shows what he sees,
And fathoms neither the intellect nor time,

١. إذا ما الشخص أظهر ما يراه
وما سبر الفهومَ ولا الزمانا

2. Then blame befalls him,
And his broadcasting is deprived of security.

٢. فإنَّ اللوم يلحقه عليه
ويسلب من إذاعته الأمانا

3. For the condition of honesty is that he sees himself
As miserly in his honesty and clear.

٣. فمن شرط الأمانة أن يراه
بخيلا في أمانته عيانا

4. So sing to it if you thought of people,
And indeed it has status and time.

٤. فغنَّ لها إذا فكرت أهلاً
وإنَّ لها المكانةَ والزمانا

5. The Messenger came with it explicitly,
And we used to recite it as verses.

٥. لقد جاء الرسولُ به صريحاً
وقد كنا تلوناه قرانا

6. The lowness of taste is from this and that,
When we were in his presence as verses.

٦. هوان الذوق من هذا وهذا
إذا كنا بحضرته قرانا

7. I see it with time at every moment,
Circling with wisdom and thus showing us.

٧. أراه مع الزمانِ بكلِّ وقتٍ
يدور بحكمةٍ وكذا يرانا

8. So abstain from opposing the nights,
Your words, if the fate of time ruled us decayed.

٨. فنزه عن معارضةِ الليالي
كلامَك إن حكمَ الدهر بانا

9. The Lord of creation was named by it,
Thus its glory became high and noble.

٩. به ربُّ البريّة قد تسمى
لذلك قد علا مجداً وشانا

10. God has been generous to me when
I was not of its people, generous and humbling.

١٠. لقد جاد الإله عليَّ إذ لم
أكن من أهله كرماً ودانا