ليس التعجبُ من شخص وعى فدعا

ليس التعجبُ من شخص وعى فدعا

إنَّ التعجبَ من شخصٍ وعى فسمع

إنَّ التعجبَ من شخصٍ وعى فسمع

The wonder is not in someone who understood and then called;

It is not surprising that someone woke up and called out,

The wonder is indeed in someone who understood and then heard.

Rather, it is surprising that someone woke up and listened.

إذا أجابَ علمنا أنه رجُل

إذا أجابَ علمنا أنه رجُل

لما دعا ضامناً لمن دعاه طمع

لما دعا ضامناً لمن دعاه طمع

When he answers, we know that he is a man;

When he responds we know he is a man,

When he called upon a guarantor for whoever called upon him, he hoped.

For inviting the one who called him out of greed.

فقل له ما الذي سمعت منه يقل

فقل له ما الذي سمعت منه يقل

ما قلته إنه برقٌ لديه لمع

ما قلته إنه برقٌ لديه لمع

So say to him, “What did you hear from him?” He will say:

So say to him, what is it that you heard from him that is little?

“What I said—it is lightning that flashed before him.”

What I said is that he has a flash of lightning in him that shined.