لَعَمرُكَby your life ماnot وَجَدتُI found اباAbu (father of) عُمَيرٍUmayr
لَعَمرُكَ ما وَجَدتُ ابا عُمَيرٍ
صَدوقاًtruthful فيin الحَديثِspeech وَلاnor عَليماknowledgeable
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.
يُكَلِّمُنيhe speaks to me وَيَخلِجُand he twitches حاجِبَيهِhis two eyebrows
يُكَلِّمُني وَيَخلِجُ حاجِبَيهِ
لَأَحسِبَso that I may think عِندَهُwith him عِلماًknowledge قَديماًancient
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.
جَزاكَmay He repay you اللَهُGod ماwhat يَجزيHe repays 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 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.
