قَدindeed جُنَّhas gone mad شَيخيmy sheikh أَبوfather of نِزارٍNizar
قَد جُنَّ شَيخي أَبو نِزارٍ
بِذِكرِover mention of مِصرٍEgypt وَأَينَand where مِصرُEgypt
بِذِكرِ مِصرٍ وَأَينَ مِصرُ
My sheikh Abu Nizar has indeed gone mad
Over talk of Egypt—and where is Egypt?
وَاللَهِby God لَوif حَلَّهاhe settled in it لَقالواthey would say
وَاللَهِ لَو حَلَّها لَقالوا
قِفاهُstop him (you two) ياO زيدُZayd فَهُوَfor he is عُمروAmr
قِفاهُ يا زيدُ فَهُوَ عُمرو
By God, were he to settle there, they would say:
“Stop him, O Zayd, for he is Amr!”
Sol 6.1