قدindeed قفلhe locked البابَthe door بقُفلٍwith a lock لهُbelonging to him
قد قفل البابَ بقُفلٍ لهُ
منout of بُخلهِhis miserliness خَوفاًfor fear علىfor الأرغفَهْthe loaves
من بُخلهِ خَوفاً على الأرغفَهْ
He has locked the door with a lock of his own,
out of his miserliness, fearing for the loaves.
وقالَand he said إنْif أطعمتُI feed منهاfrom them امْرأًa man
وقالَ إنْ أطعمتُ منها امْرأً
لُبابةًa crumb of bread إنيindeed I am كثيرُgreat in السّفَهْfoolishness
لُبابةً إني كثيرُ السّفَهْ
And he said, "If I feed a man any of them—
a crumb—I am indeed very foolish."
وطوَّلَand he lengthened الشاربَthe moustache كيso that لاnot تُرىwould be seen
وطوَّلَ الشاربَ كي لا تُرى
إذاwhen تَغدَىhe ate lunch حركاتُthe movements الشّفَهْthe lip
إذا تَغدَى حركاتُ الشّفَهْ
And he let his moustache grow long so that no one could see,
when he ate lunch, the movements of his lips.
Translation model: Sol 6.1