1. يُولَدون

    فَيُطلَقُ عَليهِم

    They are born

    then they are given

  2. أَسماءٌ لا عَلى التَّعيين

    غالِباً ما تَكونُ غَيرَ

    names chosen at random,

    which are often not

  3. أَسمائهِم .

    /

    their own names.

    /

  4. يَحيونَ وهُم يَحمِلونَ

    أَراءً خاطِئةً

    They live, carrying

    mistaken views

  5. عَن أَنفُسِهم

    مُصَدِّقينَ جَميعَ ظُنونِهِم

    about themselves,

    believing all their suppositions.

  6. وَحيَن تُحاوِلُ أَن تُفهِمَهُم

    بِأَنَّ هُناكَ مِن يَحسَبُ

    And when you try to make them understand

    that there is someone who thinks

  7. أَنَّهُم فَرَضاً ...

    يُجيبونَكَ :

    that they are, say ...

    they answer you:

  8. ( ومَن قالَ لَكَ

    أَنَّنا لَسنا )

    (And who told you

    that we are not?)

  9. /

    عَمَلُهُم أَن يَحمِلوكَ

    /

    Their work is to get you

  10. عَلى تَصديقِ

    أَنَّ كُلَّ نواقِصِهِم مَزاياً

    to believe

    that all their shortcomings are merits,

  11. وأَنَّ عُيوبَهُم

    لَيسَت إلاَّ مِن فِطنَةِ الطَّبيعَةِ

    and that their flaws

    are due only to nature's cleverness.

  12. وإذا ما أَشَرتَ

    صُدفَةً

    And if you point

    by chance

  13. عَلى أَحَدِ أَخطائهِم

    يَقُولونَ لَكَ

    to one of their mistakes,

    they tell you

  14. دونَ تَردُّد :

    ( إنَّنا فَعلنا هَذا عَن قَصد )

    without hesitation:

    (We did this on purpose.)

  15. /

    وإذا يَوماً

    /

    And if one day

  16. ساوَرَتكَ بِهِمُ الشُّكوك

    يَنتَحونَ بِكَ جانِباً

    doubts about them assail you,

    they take you aside

  17. ويَسأَلونَكَ

    وَهُم يُريحونَ سَواعِدَهُم عَلى كَتِفِكَ

    and ask you,

    while resting their forearms on your shoulder,

  18. ناظرينَ مَليَّاً في عَينيك :

    ( ومَن في ظَنِّكَ نَحنُ ؟)

    gazing long into your eyes:

    (And who do you think we are?)

  19. تَقولُ لَهم : ( أَنتُم ... أَنتُم )

    فَيَصيحونَ

    You tell them: (You ... you.)

    Then they cry out,

  20. وهُم يَتَلَفَّتونَ حَولَهُم :

    ( أَنتَ قُلت ..

    as they look around them:

    (You said it ...

  21. واللَّه

    لَم نَكُن نَعرِفُ هَذا مِن قَبل )

    By God,

    we did not know this before.)

  22. /

    تَصدُقُ نُبُوآتُهم

    /

    Their prophecies come true

  23. ويُصلَبون

    بَعدَ أَن تَقَعَ على وَجهِكَ

    and they are crucified

    after you fall on your face

  24. ثَلاثَ مَرَّات

    وأَنتَ تَعدو لا تَلوي عَلى شَيء

    three times,

    as you run, not looking back at anything,

  25. بَعيداً عَنهُم

    مُنكِراً أَنَّكَ يَوماً

    far away from them,

    denying that you ever

  26. عَبَدتَّهُم ..

    worshipped them ...