عَهدي بِقَومي في السِنينِ إِذا
قُحِطَ الزَمانُ قُدورَهُم تَغلي
I remember my people in the lean years, whenever
the age was drought-stricken, their cauldrons boiled.
نيرانُهُم عَلَمٌ لِجارِهُمُ
يَأَتَمُّ بِالنيرانِ في المَحلِ
Their fires were a beacon for their neighbor;
in drought, he took the fires as his guide.
فَغَبَرتُ في قَومٍ يَرونَ لَهُم
فَضلاً عَلى الأَقوامِ بِالبُخلَ
Then I remained among a people who thought they had
superiority over other peoples through miserliness.
مَن جاءَ لاموهُ وَمَن بَخِلَت
كَفّاهُ بِالمَعروفِ وَالفَضلِ
Whoever came, they blamed him; and whoever’s
hands were stingy with kindness and bounty,
حَمِدوا نَثاهُ وَقالَ قائِلُهُم
حَسنُ المُروءَةِ جَيِّدِ العَقلِ
they praised his good repute, and their spokesman said:
“Noble in conduct, sound in judgment.”
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