1. How many a miser has resorted to cunning
To discourage eulogists so they desist

2. When they think to eulogize him at times
Among them is the warbler's brother, prattler

3. They say, "Who offers the sea jewelry
That exits it while on this premise?"

4. Stinginess has come subtly and covertly
Unseen by the demanding, unassumed

5. Thus silencing every beggar
With no blamer berating him

6. If a eulogist seeking bounty visits him
His poetry berates him justly, no sin

7. So he makes eulogy arduous and strained
With inadequate rhymes, no disdain

8. Denied yet smooth denial, no defense
Deeming denial's verge is firmest, most stern

9. A miser in his bounty, a miser to be seen
As the breeze of wishes from him blows gentle