يَلُومُونَنِيthey blame me فيfor الْجُودِgenerosity وَالْجُودُand generosity مُزْنَةٌa rain cloud
يَلُومُونَنِي في الْجُودِ وَالْجُودُ مُزْنَةٌ
إِذَاwhen هَمَلَتْit pours rain فِيin مَوْضِعٍa place نَبَتَsprouts الشُّكْرُgratitude
إِذَا هَمَلَتْ فِي مَوْضِعٍ نَبَتَ الشُّكْرُ
They blame me for generosity, yet generosity is a rain cloud;
They blame me for my generosity, yet generosity is a virtue
When it rains upon a place, gratitude sprouts.
If withheld in any instance, gratitude springs forth
إِذَاif الْمَرْءُa man لَمْdid not يُنْفِقْspend مِنَfrom الْمَالِwealth وُسْعَto the extent of مَاwhat
إِذَا الْمَرْءُ لَمْ يُنْفِقْ مِنَ الْمَالِ وُسْعَ مَا
دَعَتْهُcall him to الْمَعَالِيnoble pursuits فَالثَّراءُthen wealth هُوَitself الْفَقْرُpoverty
دَعَتْهُ الْمَعَالِي فَالثَّراءُ هُوَ الْفَقْرُ
If a man does not spend from his wealth as much as
When a man does not spend of his wealth to the utmost extent
Noble pursuits call him to, then wealth itself is poverty.
That noble ideals invite him, his riches are poverty
Sol 6.1