1. Your palms were not created for generosity,
Nor was their stinginess out of character.
١. كَفّاكَ لَم تُخلَقا لِلنَدى
وَلَم يَكُ بُخلُهُما بِدعَه
2. One palm closed off from good,
Like a hundred diminished by seven.
٢. فَكَفٌّ عَنِ الخَيرِ مَقبوضَةٌ
كَما نُقِصَت مِائَةٌ سَبعَه
3. And a palm holding three thousand,
With nine hundred more allotted to it.
٣. وَكَفٌّ ثَلاثَةُ آلافِها
وَتِسعُ مِئيها لَها شِرعَه
٤.