وعصبةٍ فتَّشت عنّي وعن حَسبي

وعصبةٍ فتَّشت عنّي وعن حَسبي

فزادها حَسَداً بحثٌ وتفتيشُ

فزادها حَسَداً بحثٌ وتفتيشُ

And a band investigated me and my ancestral honor;

A league has inquired into my lineage, out of envy,

So inquiry and investigation increased their envy.

Seeking out trivial details, asking and prying.

يُخفي على أغبياءِ الناسِ مَعرفتي

يُخفي على أغبياءِ الناسِ مَعرفتي

أنّي النهارُ وهمْ فيه الخفافيشُ

أنّي النهارُ وهمْ فيه الخفافيشُ

What keeps the fools among people from knowing me

It hides from the ignorant that I am the bright day

is that I am the day, and they are the bats within it.

While they are bats bewildered by the light.