قُرَّ البَخيلُ فَأَمسى مِن تَحَفُّظِهِ

يُلقي عَلى الجِسمِ ديناراً فَدينارا

The miser became lean from his frugality,

Throwing dinar upon dinar on his body.

يَشكو الشِتاءَ فَيَرجو أَن يُدَفِّئَهُ

أَوقِد صِلاءَكَ لَيسَ العَسجَدُ النارا

He complains of winter hoping it will warm him -

Light your generosity, not embers, is fire.