أَهلَ التَخَلُّقِ لَو يَدومُ تَخَلُّقُ

لَسَكَنتُ ظِلَّ جَناحَ مَن يَتَخَلَّقُ

The noble who practice benevolence - if their benevolence were lasting -

I would dwell in the shade of the wing of the benevolent one.

ما الناسُ في الإِمساكِ إِلّا واحِدٌ

فَبِأَيِّهِم إِن حُصِّلوا أَتَعَلَّقُ

People are all the same in withholding -

So with whom of them, if brought together, would I associate?

هَذا زَمانٌ قَد تَعَوَّدَ أَهلُهُ

تيهَ المُلوكِ وَفِعلَ مَن يَتَصَدَّقُ

This is an era whose people are accustomed

To the wandering of kings and the deeds of the pretentious.