قُلتُ إِذ كَرَّرَ المَقالَةَ يَكفي

أَنتَ أَولى بِدِرهَمي أَم عِيالي

I said, as he kept repeating his request, “Enough!

Are you more entitled to my dirham than my family?

لَستُ مِمَّن يَكونُ يَخدَعُهُ مِث

لُكَ فَاِعلَم بِهَذِهِ الأَقوالِ

I'm not one who can be deceived by the like.

So know, from these words,

ما أُؤَدّي الزَكاةَ إِلّا كَما يُعصَرُ زِق

قٌ مُعَسَّلٌ بِالحِبالِ

That I won't pay alms except as juice is squeezed

From a dried grape skin tied with ropes.”