قَلَّis scant خَيرُbounty اِبنِson of قاسِمٍQasim
قَلَّ خَيرُ اِبنِ قاسِمٍ
فَغِناهُso his wealth كَعُدمِهِlike his poverty
فَغِناهُ كَعُدمِهِ
Scant is the goodness of Ibn Qasim;
Ibn Qasim's bounty is scant;
for his wealth is the same as having none.
so his wealth is like his poverty.
كادَhe nearly مِنout of خَشيَةِfear of القِرىhospitality to guests
كادَ مِن خَشيَةِ القِرى
يَختَبيhe hides فيinside اُمِّهِhis mother
يَختَبي في اُمِّهِ
For fear of offering a guest hospitality, he almost
For fear of entertaining guests, he nearly
hides inside his own mother.
hides inside his mother.
جازَhe exceeded فيin اللُؤمِmeanness حَدَّهُhis bounds
جازَ في اللُؤمِ حَدَّهُ
كَأَبيهِlike his father وَعَمُّهُand his uncle
كَأَبيهِ وَعَمُّهُ
In meanness he has passed all bounds,
He has overstepped his bounds in meanness,
like his father and his uncle.
like his father and his uncle.
كادَhe would almost يُعديكَinfect you لُؤمَهُhis meanness
كادَ يُعديكَ لُؤمَهُ
لَوif تَسَمَّيتَyou named yourself بِاِسمِهِby his name
لَو تَسَمَّيتَ بِاِسمِهِ
His meanness would almost infect you
He would almost infect you with his meanness
if you so much as named yourself after him.
if you assumed his name.
