قالواthey said فلانٌso-and-so جيِّدُgood
قالوا فلانٌ جيِّدُ
فأجبْتُso I replied أينَwhere الجيِّدْthe good
فأجبْتُ أينَ الجيِّدْ
They said, “So-and-so is good.”
They said so-and-so is good
So I replied, “Where is the good?
So I replied, where is this good?
إماeither غنيٌّwealthy باخلٌmiserly
إما غنيٌّ باخلٌ
أوor معسرٌin financial hardship يتصيَّدُangles for gain
أو معسرٌ يتصيَّدُ
Either wealthy and miserly,
Either a wealthy wasteful one
or needy and angling for gain.”
Or a poor one who preys
Sol 6.1