قالواthey said علىby جهةway of الاغباءmystification أَغربstranger منthan
قالوا على جهة الاغباء أَغرب من
عَنقاءَa phoenix شَكلاًin form وَهَذاand this غَيرnot اغباءmystification
عَنقاءَ شَكلاً وَهَذا غَير اغباء
They said, by way of mystification, 'Stranger than
They said that idiocy is stranger than
a phoenix in form'—yet this is no mystification.
The form of a wild giraffe, but this is not idiocy.
فَقُلتso I said لاdo not تَضرِبواmake الأَمثالproverbial comparisons بعدُhenceforth بِهاwith it
فَقُلت لا تَضرِبوا الأَمثال بعدُ بِها
فَإِنfor indeed اغربstranger مِنهاthan it عَقلthe mind of فراءFarrāʾ
فَإِن اغرب مِنها عَقل فراء
So I said, 'No longer use it in proverbial comparisons,
So I said do not cite examples anymore with it,
for Farrāʾ's mind is stranger than it.'
For stranger than it is the mind of a genius.