لموسىMusa has يدa hand فيin البخلmiserliness قدindeed قيلit has been said انهاthat it
لموسى يد في البخل قد قيل انها
إذاwhen ما(emphasis) تبدتit appears وهيwhile it is مقفلةshut قفلa lock
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.
ويذهلنيand it astounds me فيهabout him تخيلimagining نفسهhimself
ويذهلني فيه تخيل نفسه
غنياًrich ولاand no لونcolor لهذاto this ولاand no شكلshape
غنياً ولا لون لهذا ولا شكل
And what astounds me about him is his imagining himself
rich, though this has neither color nor shape.
فتىa young man كلall ماthat فيهin him بخيلmiserly مقترtightfisted
فتى كل ما فيه بخيل مقتر
فاطرافهso his limbs بخلmiserliness واحشاؤهand his innards بخلmiserliness
فاطرافه بخل واحشاؤه بخل
A young man whose every part is miserly and tightfisted;
so his limbs are miserliness, and his innards are miserliness.
Sol 6.1