لَقَد بَسَطَ اللَهُ المَكارِمَ مِن كَفّي

لَقَد بَسَطَ اللَهُ المَكارِمَ مِن كَفّي

فَلَستُ عَلى العلاّت مِنها أَخا كَفِّ

فَلَستُ عَلى العلاّت مِنها أَخا كَفِّ

God has indeed spread acts of generosity from my palm.

God has spread generous qualities from my palms,

So, despite hardships, I am not one to hold back from them.

So I am not negligent of them, my brother.

تُنادي بُيوتُ المالِ مِن فرطِ بَذلِها

تُنادي بُيوتُ المالِ مِن فرطِ بَذلِها

يمينيَ قَد أَصرَفتِ ظالِمتي كُفّي

يمينيَ قَد أَصرَفتِ ظالِمتي كُفّي

The treasuries, at its excessive giving, cry out

Houses of wealth call out from the excess of my giving,

to my right hand: 'You have overspent, you who wrong me—stop!'

My right hand has made my left hand stop being stingy.

أَتُغري يَميني بِالسَماحِ فَتَنهَمي

أَتُغري يَميني بِالسَماحِ فَتَنهَمي

وَلا تَرتَضي خِلّا يَقولُ لَها يَكفي

وَلا تَرتَضي خِلّا يَقولُ لَها يَكفي

Does my right hand entice with generosity, then pour forth,

Does my right hand entice me with generosity until it becomes greedy,

and accept no friend who tells it, 'Enough'?

And does not accept anything less than being told “that is enough”?

لَعَمرُكَ ما الإِسرافُ في طَبيعَةٍ

لَعَمرُكَ ما الإِسرافُ في طَبيعَةٍ

وَلَكِنَّ طَبعَ البُخلِ عِنديَ كالحَتفِ

وَلَكِنَّ طَبعَ البُخلِ عِنديَ كالحَتفِ

By your life, extravagance is not in my nature;

By your life, extravagance is not in my nature,

but to me a miserly disposition is like death.

Rather the imprint of stinginess in me is like carved stone.