لولاwere it not for أبانAban هلكتwould have perished نميرNumayr
لولا أبان هلكت نمير
نعمexcellent is الفتىthe young man وليسand there is no فيهمamong them خيرgoodness
نعم الفتى وليس فيهم خير
Were it not for Aban, Numayr would have perished.
What a fine young man! Yet there is no good among them.