ولقد أَدامَ الصَّاحِبُ بنُ مُحمَّدٍ

بَذْلَ القِرَى فى القَفْرةٍ البَيْداءِ

The friend Saahib bin Muhammad

Spent lavishly in the barren desert

ولو أنَّ فيها حاتِماً مَنَعَ القِرَى

وغَدا ابنُ مَامَةَ باخِلاً بالماءِ

And if there were in it Hatim who would refuse hospitality

Yet next morning Ibn Mama would be niggardly with the water