فأماso, as for ابنُson of بورانَBūrān الذيwhom تذكرونَهyou mention him
فأما ابنُ بورانَ الذي تذكرونَه
فليسthen he is not سوىanything but اسمٍa name مُفترىfabricated مُتكَذَّبِfalsely invented
فليس سوى اسمٍ مُفترى مُتكَذَّبِ
As for Ibn Būrān, whom you speak of,
As for Ibn Būrān, whom you mention,
he is nothing but a name—fabricated and falsely concocted.
he is nothing but a fabricated, falsely invented name.
ورُبَّand many a مُسمّىًnamed thing لاno حقيقةَreality لاسمهِfor its name
ورُبَّ مُسمّىً لا حقيقةَ لاسمهِ
كعِرسٍlike ʿIrs (in Ibn ʿIrs, ‘weasel’) وآوىand Āwā (in Ibn Āwā, ‘jackal’) أوor كعنقاءِlike the ʿAnqāʾ (a mythical bird) مُغرِبِfar-flying
كعِرسٍ وآوى أو كعنقاءِ مُغرِبِ
Many a named being has no reality answering to its name,
And many a named thing has no reality behind its name,
as with Ibn ʿIrs, the weasel, and Ibn Āwā, the jackal—or the fabled ʿAnqāʾ Mughrib.
like ʿIrs and Āwā, or the far-flying ʿAnqāʾ.
