فَلَو لَم يَكُن إِلّا بِنَفسِك فَخرُها

لَكانَ لَها يَوم الفخار بك الفَضلُ

If pride was only for your soul alone

For even if it had no source of pride but your very self,

On the day of pride, the merit would be yours

It would possess the merit through you on the day of boasting.

جَريتَ عَلى مَهل فأتعبت من جرى

فَلا تعبٌ يُدني إِلَيكَ وَلا مهل

You walked slowly, and tired those who ran

You ran at a leisurely pace, yet exhausted those who raced,

No fatigue brings them near you, no respite

So neither fatigue brings them near to you, nor does your ease.

وَيبذُل دُنياه وَيَمنَع دينَه

فَلا مثل ذا بذل وَلا مثل ذا بخل

He gives his worldly goods, but holds back his faith

He gives away his worldly goods but fiercely guards his faith,

None can match his generosity, none his stinginess

So there is no generosity like this giving, nor any stinginess like this withholding.