وَما خُلِقَت إِلّا لِبَذلٍ أَكُفُّهُم

وَما خُلِقَت إِلّا لِبَذلٍ أَكُفُّهُم

وَأَلسُنُهُم إِلّا لِتَحبيرِ مَنطِقِ

وَأَلسُنُهُم إِلّا لِتَحبيرِ مَنطِقِ

And their hands were created only for giving,

I was not created except to give freely of my palms

And their tongues only to embellish speech.

While their tongues were made only for idle prattle

فَيَوماً يُبارونَ الرِياحَ سَماحَةً

فَيَوماً يُبارونَ الرِياحَ سَماحَةً

وَيَوماً لِبَذلِ الخاطِبِ المُتَشَدِّقِ

وَيَوماً لِبَذلِ الخاطِبِ المُتَشَدِّقِ

So one day they rival the winds in generosity,

Thus one day they race the winds in generosity

And on another day, for the giving of the grandiloquent orator.

While another they vie in pretentious eloquence