اِبنُ عُنَينٍ في كُلِّ زَندَقَةٍ

اِبنُ عُنَينٍ في كُلِّ زَندَقَةٍ

أَمسى وَأَضحى فِعالُهُ مَثَلا

أَمسى وَأَضحى فِعالُهُ مَثَلا

Ibn ʿUnayn, in every kind of heresy—

The son of disgrace, in every heresy,

His deeds have become a byword, evening and morning.

His deeds have become examples night and day.

لَم يَتَنَفَّس إِلا عَلى قَدَحٍ

لَم يَتَنَفَّس إِلا عَلى قَدَحٍ

وَلَم يَبِت غَيرَ راكِبٍ كَفَلا

وَلَم يَبِت غَيرَ راكِبٍ كَفَلا

He never drew a breath except over a goblet,

He breathes only into a wine cup,

And never spent the night except astride a rump.

And never sleeps except riding a camel.