وَهَذا المالُ يُرزَقُهُ رِجالٌ

مَناديلٌ إِذا اِختُبِروا فَسولُ

And this money is granted to men

Who are revealed to be swindlers when tested

وَرِزقُ الخَلقِ مَجلوبٌ إِلَيهم

مَقاديرٌ يُقَدِّرُها الجَليلُ

And people's sustenance is brought to them

In quantities predestined by the Most High

كَما تُسقى سَباخُ الأَرضِ رِيّاً

وَلا بِالمالِ تُقتَسَمُ العُقولُ

As the land is watered with ample rain

And minds cannot be bought with money

كَأَنَّكَ كُنتَ قَد خامَرتَ قَلبي

فَجِئتَ بِما شَفَيتَ بَهَ الغَليلا

It was as if you had stirred my heart

So you came with what quenched my thirst

رَأَيتُ بَراعَةَ الإيجازِ أَشفى

فَصارَ كَثيرُ غَيرِكَ لي قَليلا

I saw the skill of brevity as more healing

Thus much of what is not from you became little to me