عدوُّكَ إمّا معلِنٌ أو مكاتِمٌ

عدوُّكَ إمّا معلِنٌ أو مكاتِمٌ

وكُل بأنْ يُخشى وأنْ يُتَّقى قَمِنْ

وكُل بأنْ يُخشى وأنْ يُتَّقى قَمِنْ

Your enemy either declares his hostility or conceals it.

Your enemy is either overt or covert

And each deserves to be feared and guarded against.

Both are to be feared and guarded against

فكُنْ حذِراً مِمَّنْ يكاتِمُ سِرَّهُ

فكُنْ حذِراً مِمَّنْ يكاتِمُ سِرَّهُ

فليسَ الّذي يَرميكَ جَهْراً كَمَنْ كَمِنْ

فليسَ الّذي يَرميكَ جَهْراً كَمَنْ كَمِنْ

So be wary of whoever conceals his secret:

So beware of he who hides his secret

For one who shoots at you openly is not like one who lies in ambush.

For he who attacks you openly is not like one who lies in wait