لَعَمرُكَby your life ماnot وَجَدتُI have found اباAbu (father of) عُمَيرٍʿUmayr
لَعَمرُكَ ما وَجَدتُ ابا عُمَيرٍ
صَدوقاًtruthful فيin الحَديثِspeech وَلاnor عَليماknowledgeable
صَدوقاً في الحَديثِ وَلا عَليما
By your life, I have not found Abu ʿUmayr
truthful in speech or knowledgeable.
يُكَلِّمُنيhe speaks to me وَيَخلِجُand twitches حاجِبَيهِhis two eyebrows
يُكَلِّمُني وَيَخلِجُ حاجِبَيهِ
لَأَحسِبَso that I might think عِندَهُin his possession عِلماًknowledge قَديماًancient
لَأَحسِبَ عِندَهُ عِلماً قَديماً
He speaks to me and twitches his eyebrows,
so that I might think he possesses ancient knowledge.
جَزاكَmay He requite you اللَهُGod ماwhat يَجزيHe requites كَذوباًa habitual liar
جَزاكَ اللَهُ ما يَجزي كَذوباً
أَثيماًsinful قالَhe uttered بُهتاناًa slander عَظيماmonstrous
أَثيماً قالَ بُهتاناً عَظيما
May God requite you as He requites a habitual liar,
a sinner who has uttered a monstrous slander.