لا تَظُنّوا اِبنَ بَيِّشٍ

لا تَظُنّوا اِبنَ بَيِّشٍ

في قَضاياهُ يُرتَشي

في قَضاياهُ يُرتَشي

Do not suppose that Ibn Baysh

Do not suppose that Ibn Bayyish

takes bribes in his judgments.

takes bribes in his cases.

إِنَّما الشَّيخُ هَلهَلٌ

إِنَّما الشَّيخُ هَلهَلٌ

فَهوَ يَصحُو وَيَنتَشي

فَهوَ يَصحُو وَيَنتَشي

The sheikh is merely weak-witted:

The old man is merely weak-minded:

he sobers up and grows drunk.

for he sobers up and grows tipsy.

فَتَرَى الحُكمَ غُدوَةً

فَتَرَى الحُكمَ غُدوَةً

وَتَرَى النَّقضَ بِالعَشي

وَتَرَى النَّقضَ بِالعَشي

So you see a ruling in the morning,

So you see the ruling in the morning,

and see it reversed by evening.

and see its reversal in the evening.