ياO عَجَباًwonder! لابنat the son of عطاءٍʿAṭāʾ رَوىhe related
يا عَجَباً لابن عطاءٍ رَوى
وربّماand sometimes صرّحَspoke openly بالمنكَرِof what is reprehensible
وربّما صرّحَ بالمنكَرِ
How astonishing: Ibn ʿAṭāʾ related—
How strange the son of 'Ata' narrates
and sometimes he openly uttered what is reprehensible—
And he may explicitly state the incorrect
عنon the authority of سيّدmaster of الناسmankind أبيAbū (father of) جعفرٍJaʿfar
عن سيّد الناس أبي جعفرٍ
فلمyet did not يقلْsay صِدقاًthe truth ولمand did not يبرُرِact righteously
فلم يقلْ صِدقاً ولم يبرُرِ
on the authority of the master of mankind, Abū Jaʿfar,
About the master of mankind, my father Ja'far
yet he told no truth and was not upright:
So he did not say truthfully nor justify
دفنتُI buried عمّيmy paternal uncle ثمّthen غادرتُهI left him
دفنتُ عمّي ثمّ غادرتُه
حليفَa companion of لِبنٍmud bricks وترابand earth ثَريmoist
حليفَ لِبنٍ وتراب ثَري
“I buried my uncle, then left him
I buried my uncle then abandoned him
a companion of mud bricks and moist earth.”
An ally of mud and plentiful soil
ماnot قالhe said ذاthis قطّever ولوand even if قالهhe said it
ما قال ذا قطّ ولو قاله
قلناwe would have said انتفاءًdisavowal منfrom أبيAbū (father of) جعفرِJaʿfar
قلنا انتفاءً من أبي جعفرِ
He never said this; and even had he said it,
He never said this, and if he had said so
we would have declared our disavowal of Abū Jaʿfar.
We would deny on behalf of my father Ja'far
Sol 6.1