يَلُومُونَنِي في الْجُودِ وَالْجُودُ مُزْنَةٌ

إِذَا هَمَلَتْ فِي مَوْضِعٍ نَبَتَ الشُّكْرُ

They blame me for my generosity, yet generosity is a virtue

If withheld in any instance, gratitude springs forth

إِذَا الْمَرْءُ لَمْ يُنْفِقْ مِنَ الْمَالِ وُسْعَ مَا

دَعَتْهُ الْمَعَالِي فَالثَّراءُ هُوَ الْفَقْرُ

When a man does not spend of his wealth to the utmost extent

That noble ideals invite him, his riches are poverty