ولوand if only أنهمthat they جاؤاcame بشيءwith something مقاربcomparable
ولو أنهم جاؤا بشيء مقارب
لشيءto something وبالشكلand with the form المقاربthe comparable للشكلِto the form
لشيء وبالشكل المقارب للشكلِ
If only they had brought something comparable
Even if they had brought something close
to something else, and a form comparable to another form!
To a thing and close to the shape
ولكنهمbut they جاؤاcame بحيتانwith fish لحبةٍunclear as written; possibly لُجّةٍ, 'of a deep sea'
ولكنهم جاؤا بحيتان لحبةٍ
قوامِسَdiving deep والمكْنِيُّand the one known by a byname فيناamong us أباAbū; father of حسلِḤisl; a young lizard
قوامِسَ والمكْنِيُّ فينا أبا حسلِ
But they brought fish of a deep sea [wording uncertain],
But they brought whales to a seed
diving deep, and the one known among us as Abū Ḥisl.
Dictionaries and the punster among us, father of nothingness
Sol 6.1