لَعَمرُكَ ما وَجَدتُ ابا عُمَيرٍ

لَعَمرُكَ ما وَجَدتُ ابا عُمَيرٍ

صَدوقاً في الحَديثِ وَلا عَليما

صَدوقاً في الحَديثِ وَلا عَليما

By your life, I never found Abu ʿUmayr

By your life, I have not found Abu Umayr

truthful in speech or learned.

Truthful in speech or knowledgeable.

يُكَلِّمُني وَيَخلِجُ حاجِبَيهِ

يُكَلِّمُني وَيَخلِجُ حاجِبَيهِ

لَأَحسِبَ عِندَهُ عِلماً قَديماً

لَأَحسِبَ عِندَهُ عِلماً قَديماً

He speaks to me and twitches his eyebrows

He speaks to me and twitches his eyebrows,

to make me think he possesses ancient knowledge.

So that I might think he possesses ancient knowledge.

جَزاكَ اللَهُ ما يَجزي كَذوباً

جَزاكَ اللَهُ ما يَجزي كَذوباً

أَثيماً قالَ بُهتاناً عَظيما

أَثيماً قالَ بُهتاناً عَظيما

May God requite you as He requites an inveterate liar—

May God repay you as He repays a habitual liar,

a sinner who has uttered a monstrous slander.

A sinful one who uttered a monstrous slander.