أرىI see ابنَson of عنينʿUnayn لاmay … not كلاprotect اللهُGod نَفسَهُhis soul
أرى ابنَ عنين لا كلا اللهُ نَفسَهُ
أخافَhe frightened الوَرَىhumankind طُراًall بِمُرًwith the bitterness of هِجائِهِhis satire
أخافَ الوَرَى طُراً بِمُرً هِجائِهِ
I see that Ibn ʿUnayn—may God not protect his soul—
I see the son of 'Unayn's folly. God forbid
has frightened all humankind with the bitterness of his satire.
His ignoble deeds should spread and cause alarm
وَلَمand did not يُهملوِهُthey ignore him خَشيةًout of fear مِنهُof him إِنماrather
وَلَم يُهملوِهُ خَشيةً مِنهُ إِنما
رأَوهُthey regarded him مَهيناًcontemptible ذَمُّهُhis censure كثَنائِهِlike his praise
رأَوهُ مَهيناً ذَمُّهُ كثَنائِهِ
They did not ignore him out of fear of him; rather,
But they indulged him, fearing not his work
they deemed him contemptible, his censure no different from his praise.
For they saw him as vile, worthy only of blame
Sol 6.1