لِمُحَسِّنِfor Muhassin بِنِson of المِلحِal-Milh مَنزِلَةٌa rank
لِمُحَسِّنِ بِنِ المِلحِ مَنزِلَةٌ
فيin البُخلِmiserliness خارِجَةٌoutside عَنِbeyond الحَدِّthe limit
في البُخلِ خارِجَةٌ عَنِ الحَدِّ
Muhassin ibn al-Milh has a rank
Muhassin ibn al-Milh has an extreme
in miserliness that exceeds all bounds.
Stinginess exceeding all bounds
سَمِجٌrepulsive إِذاwhen شاهَدتَyou see صورَتَهُhis form
سَمِجٌ إِذا شاهَدتَ صورَتَهُ
شاهَدتَyou see مِنهاfrom it صورَةَthe likeness of القِردِthe monkey
شاهَدتَ مِنها صورَةَ القِردِ
He is repulsive: when you see his form,
Boorish whenever you see his face
you see in it the likeness of a monkey.
You see the image of an ape
يَدَعُhe lets المِطالَstalling لِضيقِbecause of the narrowness of هِمَّتِهِhis ambition
يَدَعُ المِطالَ لِضيقِ هِمَّتِهِ
أَولىmore fitting مِنَthan الإِنجازِfulfillment بِالوَعدِof the promise
أَولى مِنَ الإِنجازِ بِالوَعدِ
Through his meanness of spirit, he lets stalling
He avoids obligations due to his meanness
take precedence over fulfilling a promise.
Breaking a promise is easier for him
كُلُّall الأَنامِpeople تَقولُsay فيهِabout him كَذاthis
كُلُّ الأَنامِ تَقولُ فيهِ كَذا
لاdo not تَحسَبَنّيthink that I قُلتُI said ذاthis وَحديon my own
لا تَحسَبَنّي قُلتُ ذا وَحدي
Everyone says this about him;
Everyone says the same about him
do not think I alone have said this.
Don't think only I say this alone
Sol 6.1