مَنwhoever يُرَجّيhopes for خَيراًgood مِنfrom اِبنِson of عُنَينِʿUnayn
مَن يُرَجّي خَيراً مِن اِبنِ عُنَينِ
لَمdid not يَنَلobtain مِنهُfrom him غَيرَother than خُفَّيthe two leather slippers of حُنَينِHunayn
لَم يَنَل مِنهُ غَيرَ خُفَّي حُنَينِ
Whoever hopes for good from Ibn ʿUnayn
Who hopes for good from the son of 'Unayn,
Gains nothing from him but Hunayn’s two slippers.
Will get from him naught but faint, hidden sorrow.
هُوَhe فيin غَفلَةٍheedlessness وَأَيّامهand his days تَفbeginning of تفتل: spin
هُوَ في غَفلَةٍ وَأَيّامه تَف
تُلُcompletion of تفتل: spin فيin غَزلyarn; spinning عَزلِهِhis dismissal بِاليَدَينِwith both hands
تُلُ في غَزل عَزلِهِ بِاليَدَينِ
He is heedless, while his days
He lives in heedlessness, and his days pass by,
Spin the yarn of his dismissal with both hands.
While he twists the thread of his seclusion in his hands.
صادَcaught مِنهُfrom him السُلطانُthe sultan أُمَّUmm (mother of) حُبَينٍHubayn
صادَ مِنهُ السُلطانُ أُمَّ حُبَينٍ
أَيُّwhat خَيرٍgood فيin صَيدِcatching أمِّUmm (mother of) حُبَينِHubayn
أَيُّ خَيرٍ في صَيدِ أمِّ حُبَينِ
In him, the sultan caught an Umm Hubayn lizard;
The sultan has blocked Umm Hubayn,
What good is there in catching an Umm Hubayn lizard?
What good is there in hunting Umm Hubayn?
Sol 6.1