1. لَيسَ جوداً عَطِيَّةٌ بِسُؤالِ

    قَد يَهُزُّ السُؤالُ غَيرَ الجَوادِ

    A gift given upon request is not generosity;

    a request may stir even one who is not generous.

  2. إِنَّما الجودُ ما أَتاكَ اِبتِداءً

    لَم تَذُق فيهِ ذِلَّةَ التَردادِ

    Generosity is only what comes to you unasked,

    without your tasting the humiliation of repeated appeals.