إِمّاif ever يَزالُkeeps on قائِلٌsomeone saying أَبِنْexplain! أَبِنْexplain!
إِمّا يَزالُ قائِلٌ أَبِنْ أَبِنْ
هوit ذَلَةabasement; yielding (sense uncertain here) المِشآةِthe earth-carrying basket عَنaway from ضِرسِthe jutting edge of اللَبِنthe mudbricks
هو ذَلَة المِشآةِ عَن ضِرسِ اللَبِن
If ever someone keeps saying, “Explain, explain!”—
it is the earth-basket’s yielding away from the jutting edge of the mudbricks.