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107 — Abū Abd Allāh ibn al-Arābī narrated to us. He said: One of the Arabs said:
“[Basīt meter]
I hide whatever need a prudent man would hide,
and let the secret die in silence.
One need, but not another, I freely let be known,
making it a sign of the one I kept concealed.
It is as though I see the man with neither shame
nor trustworthiness standing naked amid the people.”
١٠٧ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْأَعْرَابِيِّ، قَالَ: قَالَ بَعْضُ الْعَرَبِ: «
[البحر البسيط]
إِنِّي لَاسْتُرُ مَا ذُو الْعَقْلِ سَاتِرُهُ ... مِنْ حَاجَةٍ وَأُمِيتُ السِّرَّ كِتْمَانَا
وَحَاجَةٍ دُونَ أُخْرَى قَدْ سَمَحْتُ بِهَا ... جَعَلْتُهَا لِلَّتِي أَخْفَيْتُ عُنْوَانَا
إِنِّي كَأَنِّي أَرَى مَنْ لَا حَيَاءَ لَهُ ... وَلَا أَمَانَةَ وَسْطَ الْقَوْمِ عُرْيَانَا»