بِأَبي أَنتَ لِلبِرِّ أَهلُ

بِأَبي أَنتَ لِلبِرِّ أَهلُ

وَالمَساعي بَعدٌ وَسَعيُكَ قَبلُ

وَالمَساعي بَعدٌ وَسَعيُكَ قَبلُ

May my father be your ransom; generosity befits you.

By your father you are worthy of kindness

And other endeavors come after, while yours comes first.

And your efforts still continue while mine have ceased

وَالنَوالُ القَليلُ يَكثُرُ إِن شا

وَالنَوالُ القَليلُ يَكثُرُ إِن شا

ءَ مُرَجّيكَ وَالكَثيرُ يَقِلُّ

ءَ مُرَجّيكَ وَالكَثيرُ يَقِلُّ

And a small gift grows great, if

Even a little gift grows large if willed

the one who hopes in you so wishes; and a great gift grows small.

By He who you hope in, while a great one diminishes

غَيرَ أَنّي رَدَدتُ بِرَّكَ إِذ كا

غَيرَ أَنّي رَدَدتُ بِرَّكَ إِذ كا

نَ رِباً مِنكَ وَالرِبا لا يَحِلُّ

نَ رِباً مِنكَ وَالرِبا لا يَحِلُّ

Yet I returned your gift, since it was

Except I have returned your kindness when it

usury from you—and usury is not lawful.

Was a loan from you, and usury is forbidden

وَإِذا ما جَزَيتَ بِالشِعرِ شِعراً

وَإِذا ما جَزَيتَ بِالشِعرِ شِعراً

يَبلُغُ الحَقَّ فَالدَنانيرُ فَضلُ

يَبلُغُ الحَقَّ فَالدَنانيرُ فَضلُ

And when you repay a poem with poetry

And if you repay poetry with poetry

that fulfils what is due, then the dinars are surplus.

Reaching the truth, then gold coins are superior