ولاand do not تتبدلsubstitute قالةًa saying قدalready سمعتهاyou heard it
ولا تتبدل قالةً قد سمعتها
تقالbeing said ولاand not تدريyou know الصحيحthe truth بماin place of what تدريyou know
تقال ولا تدري الصحيح بما تدري
And do not substitute a saying you have heard
Do not change a saying you have heard
spoken, whose truth you do not know, for what you know,
That is said though you know not what is right in what you know
كمنlike one who قدأراقhas poured out الماءthe water للالfor the mirage أنwhen بداit appeared
كمن قدأراق الماء للال أن بدا
فلاقىand so he met الردىdeath فيin الأفيحthe vast المهمهthe wilderness القفرthe barren
فلاقى الردى في الأفيح المهمه القفر
like one who poured out the water for a mirage when it appeared,
Like one who spilt water for the thirsty sands
and met death in the vast, barren wilderness.
Then met ruin in the wide wilderness, the barren waste
Sol 6.1