لا تَجِد بِالعَطاءِ في غَير حَقٍّ

لَيسَ في مَنع غَيرِ ذي الحَقِّ بخل

You will not find reward in giving unjustly,

There is no virtue in withholding from the deserving.

اِنَّما الجودُ اِن تَجودُ عَلى مَن

هُوَ لِلجودِ مِنكَ وَالبَذلُ اِهل

True generosity is to give freely to those

Who deserve your gift and merit favor.

إِن يَكُن ما بِهِ أَصَبتَ جَليلا

فَذهاب العَزاءِ مِنهُ اِجل

If what you give is of value to the recipient,

Then the loss of it should not grieve you.

كُل آت لا شَكَّ آت وَذو الجَهل

معنى وَالغَم وَالحُزن فَضل

All that comes will go, without doubt, and the ignorant

Will know nothing but grief, anxiety and woe.