إنَّماonly يخلوis free or unoccupied أبوAbu (father of) العيal-ʿAy— (name fragment)
إنَّما يخلو أبو العي
ناءِ—nāʾ (completes al-ʿAynāʾ) فيin صَدْرbeginning of النهارِthe day
ناءِ في صَدْر النهارِ
Pleasant only is Abu al-‘Ay—
Abu al-ʿAynāʾ is free only
—nā’ at the beginning of the day;
at the beginning of the day;
فإذاand if طاولتهyou stay long with him أرbeginning of أربى (surpasses)
فإذا طاولته أر
بىcompletion of أربى (surpasses) علىbeyond بُغْضloathing الخُمارthe hangover
بى على بُغْض الخُمار
but if you stay in his company long, he out—
but if you stay long with him, he surpasses
—does a hangover in inspiring loathing.
a hangover in loathsomeness.