وَشَحيحٍ مِن لُؤمِهِ يَخبِزُ البُخ

وَشَحيحٍ مِن لُؤمِهِ يَخبِزُ البُخ

لَ بِبَسطِ الأَخلاقِ بَينَ الرِفاقِ

لَ بِبَسطِ الأَخلاقِ بَينَ الرِفاقِ

And a miser who, in his baseness, bakes miserliness

The stingy man bakes bread with ashes from palm branches,

with genial manners among companions;

Not with the generosity of good character among friends,

فَهوَ مِن شَحِّهِ يُثَمِّنُ في الخَر

فَهوَ مِن شَحِّهِ يُثَمِّنُ في الخَر

جِ عَلينا مَكارِمَ الأَخلاقِ

جِ عَلينا مَكارِمَ الأَخلاقِ

so, in his stinginess, he puts a price, as an expense

For in his stinginess, he saves the most worthless things,

charged to us, on noble manners.

While good morals are priceless to us.