ألاAh! رُبَّmany a أشياءَthings مذكورةٍmentioned
ألا رُبَّ أشياءَ مذكورةٍ
يُحدَّثُare spoken عنهاabout them وليستْand are not تُرىseen
يُحدَّثُ عنها وليستْ تُرى
Ah, how many things are mentioned,
Alas, how many things that are mentioned
Spoken of, yet never seen:
Are talked about yet not seen
بِعرْسٍwith ʿIrs وآوَىand Āwā وماand whatever أشْبهاthe two resembled
بِعرْسٍ وآوَى وما أشْبها
وكابنِand like Ibn الرُّخاميِّal-Rukhāmī طيفِa phantom الكَرىslumber
وكابنِ الرُّخاميِّ طيفِ الكَرى
ʿIrs and Āwā, and others like them,
Like a wedding, shelter, and the like
And Ibn al-Rukhāmī, a phantom of slumber.
And like the apparition of Ibn al-Roumi