1. لموسى يد في البخل قد قيل انها

    إذا ما تبدت وهي مقفلة قفل

    Musa has a hand in miserliness; it has been said that

    whenever it appears clenched shut, it is a lock.

  2. ويذهلني فيه تخيل نفسه

    غنياً ولا لون لهذا ولا شكل

    And what astounds me about him is his imagining himself

    rich, though this has neither color nor shape.

  3. فتى كل ما فيه بخيل مقتر

    فاطرافه بخل واحشاؤه بخل

    A young man whose every part is miserly and tightfisted;

    so his limbs are miserliness, and his innards are miserliness.