سألناwe asked عنabout ثُمالَةThumala كلَّevery حيٍّtribe
سألنا عن ثُمالَة كلَّ حيٍّ
فقالthen said القائلونthose who spoke ومنand who ثُماَلهْThumala
فقال القائلون ومن ثُماَلهْ
We asked every tribe about Thumala.
Then those who spoke said, “And who are Thumala?”
فقلتso I said محمدMuhammad بنson of يزيدYazid منهمamong them
فقلت محمد بن يزيد منهم
فقالواthen they said زدتناyou increased for us بهمabout them جهالهْignorance
فقالوا زدتنا بهم جهالهْ
So I said, “Muhammad ibn Yazid is one of them.”
Then they said, “You have increased our ignorance of them.”
فقالthen said ليto me المبرِّدal-Mubarrid خلّleave alone قوميmy people
فقال لي المبرِّد خلّ قومي
فقوميfor my people معشرa folk فيهمin them نذالهْbaseness
فقومي معشر فيهم نذالهْ
Then al-Mubarrid said to me, “Leave my people alone,
For my people are folk marked by baseness.”