سأرحل يا أسماء عن دار معشر

جوادهم بالعرف معط كمانعِ

I will leave, O Asma, the home of a people

Whose generosity with moral customs is like a preventer.

يجود به جود المُقَضّي بنفسه

حذار القوافي كارهاً غير طائعِ

He gives with the generosity of one who is self-obligated,

Beware of rhymes, hating those besides obedient.

إلى ملك لا يملك البخل ماله

ولا يدَّري معروفَه بالذرائع

To a king who does not possess the stinginess of his money,

And does not know his good deed through pretexts.

جواد به من أريحيَّة جوده

تباريح يعجلن اختيار الصنائع

One who is generous with it from a natural generosity,

Reliefs that hasten choosing skills.

من القوم لا يستحمدون ببذلهم

ولكنهم يعطون جود طبائع

Of people who are not praised for their giving,

But they give a natural generosity.

ولو تاجروا لم يعبثوا بتجارة

ولا انخدعت تلك الحلوم لخادع

If they traded, they would not toy with trade,

Nor would those gentle hearts be fooled by a deceiver.

أرى مجدهم مثل الجبال فإنها

بُنَى اللهِ إذ مجد الورى كالصنائع

I see their glory like mountains, for they

Are God's creation, as the glory of skills.