كَفّاكَ لَم تُخلَقا لِلنَدى

وَلَم يَكُ بُخلُهُما بِدعَه

Your palms were not created for generosity,

Nor was their stinginess out of character.

فَكَفٌّ عَنِ الخَيرِ مَقبوضَةٌ

كَما نُقِصَت مِائَةٌ سَبعَه

One palm closed off from good,

Like a hundred diminished by seven.

وَكَفٌّ ثَلاثَةُ آلافِها

وَتِسعُ مِئيها لَها شِرعَه

And a palm holding three thousand,

With nine hundred more allotted to it.