قُلْتُI said لَكُمْto you عِنْدَamong السُّرَاقِthe thieves مُبَلِّغٌone who conveys
قُلْتُ لَكُمْ عِنْدَ السُّرَاقِ مُبَلِّغٌ
أخذِيmy borrowing عَنِfrom المَذْكُورthe aforementioned مَاthat which مَعْنَاهُits meaning
أخذِي عَنِ المَذْكُور مَا مَعْنَاهُ
I told you: among the thieves is one who conveys
what I borrowed from the aforesaid, to this effect:
لاَdo not تَجْعَلُونيplace me فيamong الحَمِيرِthe asses كَناظِمٍlike a versifier
لاَ تَجْعَلُوني في الحَمِيرِ كَناظِمٍ
سَرَقَتْstole يَدَاهُhis two hands فَقُطِّعَتْso were cut off أُذُناهُhis two ears
سَرَقَتْ يَدَاهُ فَقُطِّعَتْ أُذُناهُ
“Do not count me among the asses, like a versifier
whose hands stole and whose ears were then cut off.”