هب العذر في نطل الرغيبة أقبلت

هب العذر في نطل الرغيبة أقبلت

شواهده وضَّاحةً ودلائلهْ

شواهده وضَّاحةً ودلائلهْ

Grant that an excuse for withholding a generous gift has emerged,

The excuses flowed when yearning arrived

With its testimony and proofs shining clear.

Its proofs and signs manifest and clear

فما العذر عن جارٍ يبيت بأرضكم

فما العذر عن جارٍ يبيت بأرضكم

معطَّلةً أحشاؤه ومراجلُهْ

معطَّلةً أحشاؤه ومراجلُهْ

Then what excuse have you when a neighbor spends the night on your land,

What excuse for a neighbor who dwells on your land

His innards and his cooking pots lying idle?

Whose hearth is barred and dwelling left fallow and drear

وشر قرىً ما شابه مطلُ قادرٍ

وشر قرىً ما شابه مطلُ قادرٍ

وأتعبُ رزقٍ ما الموفَّقُ باذلُه

وأتعبُ رزقٍ ما الموفَّقُ باذلُه

And the worst hospitality is that marred by delay from one who has the means;

How wretched the village that lacks a capable chief

And the most wearisome sustenance is what al-Muwaffaq bestows.

How weary the bread that no fortunate hand kneads and makes