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Does anyone live except he who deceives?

أليس يعيش إلا من يروغ

1. Does anyone live except he who deceives?
And the free man has no place to arrive.

١. أليسَ يعيشُ إلا مَن يَروغُ
وما للحرِّ من أُرَبٍ بلوغُ

2. Will he who drank wine and poison be preferred
While the pious has water that does not quench?

٢. أيُثري مَن سَقَى خمراً وسمّاً
وللصُلَّاحِ ماءٌ لا يَسوغ

3. How many jewelers has their craft impoverished
As they shape and forge.

٣. وكم مِن جَوهَريٍّ أفقرَتهُ
صياغتُهُ وحدّادٍ يصوغ

4. If wealth is from good fortune,
Then superiority and brilliance are not.

٤. لئن كانَ الثراءُ من الأحاظي
فلا كان التفوُّقُ والنبوغ

5. I have blasphemed since I've seen the hero as a brigand,
And truth does not dawn in this world.

٥. كفرتُ وقد رأيتُ البطلَ شرعاً
وما للحقِّ في الدنيا بزوغ