فماfor … are not الناسpeople إلاexcept تحتbeneath خبءthe concealment of فعالهمtheir deeds
فما الناس إلا تحت خبء فعالهم
وإنand even if جمعواthey gather نسناسهمtheir ape-like folk والنسانساand the ape-men
وإن جمعوا نسناسهم والنسانسا
For people are but concealed beneath their deeds,
For people are but beneath the veil cast by their deeds,
even if they gather their ape-like folk and the ape-men.
Though they gather their spears and their spikenards.