1. لا أرتجي الإحسان من موسر

    يمتنُّ بالفضل على مرتجيهْ

    I seek no kindness from a wealthy man

    who holds his favor over the one who seeks it.

  2. لا يكتفي أجراً على صنعه

    بربحه الشكر ولا يرتضيهْ

    He is not content, as recompense for his deed,

    with earning gratitude, nor does he accept it.

  3. فيملأ الآفاق ذكراً لما

    يقضي من الحاجات عجباً وتيهْ

    So he fills the horizons with talk of whatever

    needs he meets, out of conceit and pride,

  4. كأنه ما جاد إلا لكي

    يعلن إعسار الذي يجتديهْ

    as though he had given generously only to

    proclaim the poverty of the one who begs from him.