بعض المنظَّم لا يفيد نظامهُ

بعض المنظَّم لا يفيد نظامهُ

حتىّ يُشوَّش حالُهُ وَيُشَعَّثا

حتىّ يُشوَّش حالُهُ وَيُشَعَّثا

Some ordered things gain no benefit from their order

Some contrived order is useless

Until their state is disturbed and disarranged;

Until confusion disorders his state and untidies his hair

كالارض لا تجديك سهلاً مستوٍ

كالارض لا تجديك سهلاً مستوٍ

لِغلالها حتىّ تُثارَ وَتُحرَثا

لِغلالها حتىّ تُثارَ وَتُحرَثا

Like land that, smooth and level, is of no use to you

Like the earth yields no plain of level ground

For its crops until it is turned over and plowed.

Until it's churned up and ploughed through