إِنَّ أَبا العَيناءِ في كُلِّ ما

إِنَّ أَبا العَيناءِ في كُلِّ ما

يَأتي بِهِ مِن أَبرَدِ الناسِ

يَأتي بِهِ مِن أَبرَدِ الناسِ

Indeed, Abū al-ʿAynāʾ, in everything that

Indeed, Abu al-ʿAynāʾ, in all that

he comes out with, is among the dullest of men.

he produces, is among the most insipid of men.

جَميعُ ما يُحسنُ مِن عِلمِهِ

جَميعُ ما يُحسنُ مِن عِلمِهِ

كَتَبتُهُ في شِبرِ قُرطاسِ

كَتَبتُهُ في شِبرِ قُرطاسِ

All the learning he has mastered

All the knowledge he has mastered

I have written on a handspan of paper.

I have written on a handspan of paper.