إِن سيلَ أَحرَزَ مالَهُ بِوَقايَةٍ

إِن سيلَ أَحرَزَ مالَهُ بِوَقايَةٍ

مِن بُخلِهِ وَسُرادِقٍ مِن عِرضِهِ

مِن بُخلِهِ وَسُرادِقٍ مِن عِرضِهِ

Indeed, Sayl secured his wealth with a shield

If greed hoards his wealth in security

of his stinginess and an enclosure made of his honor.

With stinginess his shield and honor his tent

لَبَسَ الخَزى وَاللُؤمَ حَتّى أَنَّهُ

لَبَسَ الخَزى وَاللُؤمَ حَتّى أَنَّهُ

يَخزى وَيَأنَفُ بَعضُهُ مِن بَعضِهِ

يَخزى وَيَأنَفُ بَعضُهُ مِن بَعضِهِ

He donned disgrace and baseness, so much so that

He'll wear the shame and disgrace until he,

one part of him is ashamed of and disdains another.

Ashamed, recoils from his very self, resent