بخيلٌ يُصَوِّمُ أضْيافَهُ

ويَبْخَلُ عنهمْ بأجرِ الصيامِ

The miser starves his guests,

And denies them the reward of fasting.

يدُسُّ الغلامَ فيوليهمُ

جفاءً فيُشْتَمُ مَوْلى الغُلامِ

He sends the boy to turn them away,

So the boy's master is insulted.

فهم مُفْطِرونَ ولا يُطعَمونَ

وهم صائمون وهم في أثامِ

They break their fast yet are not fed,

While fasting they are steeped in sin.

فيحتال بُخلاً لأن يُفْطِروا

على رَفَثِ القولِ دون الطعامِ

Stingily he schemes for them to break

Their fast with foul words, not food.

لقد جاء باللؤمِ من فصِّهِ

وتمَّ له البُخلُ كُلَّ التمامِ

He came in meanness from his creation,

And perfected stinginess to its end.