فيin دَولَةِthe reign of الملكِthe king المُعَظَّمِal-Muʿaẓẓam خَمسَةٌfive
في دَولَةِ الملكِ المُعَظَّمِ خَمسَةٌ
لاnot يُؤمَنونَthey are trusted عَلىwith قُشورِpeelings of الطُحلُبِalgae
لا يُؤمَنونَ عَلى قُشورِ الطُحلُبِ
In the reign of King al-Muʿaẓẓam there are five
In the kingdom of the great king there are five
Who cannot be trusted even with the peelings of algae:
Who cannot be trusted with algae shells
صَهرُson-in-law of المُكَرَّمِal-Mukarram وَالمُكَرَّمُand al-Mukarram وَاِبنُهُand his son
صَهرُ المُكَرَّمِ وَالمُكَرَّمُ وَاِبنُهُ
وَالحاكِمُand the judge المصرِيُّEgyptian وَاِبنُand the son of التِنَّبيal-Tinnabī
وَالحاكِمُ المصرِيُّ وَاِبنُ التِنَّبي
Al-Mukarram’s son-in-law, al-Mukarram, and his son,
The son-in-law of the honored one, the honored one and his son
And the Egyptian judge, and Ibn al-Tinnabī.
The Egyptian ruler and the son of tin