وَجَدتُ لِكُلِّ الناسِ في الجودِ خِطَّةً

وَلَو كانَ سَقيُ الماءِ في مُنتَهى القُرِّ

I found that all people have a way of being generous,

I found that all people have a path to generosity,

Even if giving water was extremely difficult.

Even if it be merely serving water in the bitterest cold,

سِوى المُعبَدِيِّينَ الَّذينَ قُدورُهُم

تَحَرَّزَ فيها العَنكَبوتُ مِنَ الحَرِّ

Except for the misers whose pots,

Except for the Ma'badis, within whose cooking pots

Are so dusty that spiders take shelter in them from the heat.

The spider takes refuge to escape the heat.

هُمُ أَحرَزوا الرِغفانَ حَتّى تَكَلَّمَت

أَمِنّا بِحَولِ اللَهِ مِن حَذَرِ الكَسرِ

They have withheld kindness until their pots speak,

They guarded their loaves of bread until they spoke out:

"We are protected by God from ever being broken."

"By God's power, we are safe from the dread of being broken!"