بخيلٌa miser يُصَوِّمُforces to fast أضْيافَهُhis guests
بخيلٌ يُصَوِّمُ أضْيافَهُ
ويَبْخَلُand is stingy عنهمْtoward them بأجرِwith the reward of الصيامِfasting
ويَبْخَلُ عنهمْ بأجرِ الصيامِ
A miser makes his guests fast,
The miser starves his guests,
And begrudges them the reward of fasting.
And denies them the reward of fasting.
يدُسُّsecretly sends الغلامَthe servant boy فيوليهمُthen gives them
يدُسُّ الغلامَ فيوليهمُ
جفاءًrude treatment فيُشْتَمُso is cursed مَوْلىthe master of الغُلامِthe servant boy
جفاءً فيُشْتَمُ مَوْلى الغُلامِ
He secretly sends the servant boy, who treats them
He sends the boy to turn them away,
Rudely, so the boy’s master is cursed.
So the boy's master is insulted.
فهمso they مُفْطِرونَbreaking their fast ولاand not يُطعَمونَare fed
فهم مُفْطِرونَ ولا يُطعَمونَ
وهمand they صائمونfasting وهمand they فيin أثامِsin
وهم صائمون وهم في أثامِ
So they break their fast, yet are not fed,
They break their fast yet are not fed,
And they are fasting, yet guilty of sin.
While fasting they are steeped in sin.
فيحتالso he schemes بُخلاًout of miserliness لأنso that يُفْطِرواthey break their fast
فيحتال بُخلاً لأن يُفْطِروا
علىon رَفَثِfoulness of القولِspeech دونrather than الطعامِfood
على رَفَثِ القولِ دون الطعامِ
So, out of miserliness, he schemes to have them break their fast
Stingily he schemes for them to break
On foul speech instead of food.
Their fast with foul words, not food.
لقدindeed جاءhas come باللؤمِwith baseness منfrom فصِّهِits very core
لقد جاء باللؤمِ من فصِّهِ
وتمَّand became complete لهin him البُخلُmiserliness كُلَّutter التمامِcompleteness
وتمَّ له البُخلُ كُلَّ التمامِ
He has indeed brought forth baseness from its very core,
He came in meanness from his creation,
And miserliness has reached utter perfection in him.
And perfected stinginess to its end.
Sol 6.1