يا باذلَ العُرفِ لأعدائِهِ

يا باذلَ العُرفِ لأعدائِهِ

مُذ كان فضلاً عن أوِدّائِهِ

مُذ كان فضلاً عن أوِدّائِهِ

O giver of kindness to your enemies,

O you who give generously to his enemies

All your life—to say nothing of your friends!

Since it was more than to his friends

ويا أخا الجودِ وخُلْصانَهُ

ويا أخا الجودِ وخُلْصانَهُ

لكُلِّ ما يشفيه من دائِهِ

لكُلِّ ما يشفيه من دائِهِ

And O brother and close friend of generosity,

O brother of generosity and its sincerity

In all that cures it of its ailment,

For all that cures him of his pain

جاء البَنَفْسُ الرَّطبُ فامْنُنْ به

جاء البَنَفْسُ الرَّطبُ فامْنُنْ به

ما دام مَطلولاً بأندائِهِ

ما دام مَطلولاً بأندائِهِ

The fresh violet has come; bestow it,

The fresh wet dates have come, so be generous with them

While it remains moist with its dewdrops.

As long as they are desired by the necks

قد جادت الأرضُ بإنباتِهِ

قد جادت الأرضُ بإنباتِهِ

فجُدْ لنا أنت بإهدائِهِ

فجُدْ لنا أنت بإهدائِهِ

The earth has been generous in making it grow;

The land was generous with its plants

So be generous yourself: give it to us as a gift.

So be generous with us by giving them

ولا تكن أَبخلَ من طينةٍ

ولا تكن أَبخلَ من طينةٍ

تُبديه في إبّانِ إبدائِهِ

تُبديه في إبّانِ إبدائِهِ

And do not be stingier than a clod of clay

And do not be stingier than clay

That displays it in the season of its appearance.

That shows it during its manifestation

ما الأرضُ أولى من فتى ماجد

ما الأرضُ أولى من فتى ماجد

بفعلِ معروفٍ وإسدائِهِ

بفعلِ معروفٍ وإسدائِهِ

The earth is no worthier than a noble youth

The land is no more deserving than a glorious young man

Of doing a kindness and bestowing it.

Of a good deed and giving it

والحُرُّ لا يقطعُ في حالة

والحُرُّ لا يقطعُ في حالة

عاداتِ جدواهُ وإجدائِهِ

عاداتِ جدواهُ وإجدائِهِ

And a noble man never interrupts, in any circumstance,

And the free man does not cut off in a state

His habitual bounty and beneficence.

The habits of his generosity and efforts

ولا أياديهِ بمقْفُوّةٍ

ولا أياديهِ بمقْفُوّةٍ

بَيْضاؤُهُ منه بسودائِهِ

بَيْضاؤُهُ منه بسودائِهِ

Nor are his favors followed—

Nor are his hands clenched

His white ones—by black ones from him;

Its whiteness apparent in its blackness

ولا عطاياهُ بمتْلُوَّةٍ

ولا عطاياهُ بمتْلُوَّةٍ

منها الهنيئاتُ بنَكْدائِهِ

منها الهنيئاتُ بنَكْدائِهِ

Nor are his gifts followed—

Nor are his gifts wrapped up

The pleasant ones among them—by bitter ones of his.

From which congratulations come with their trouble

ما حَقُّ من أسلف تأميلَهُ

ما حَقُّ من أسلف تأميلَهُ

مثلك أن يُجزى بإكْدائِهِ

مثلك أن يُجزى بإكْدائِهِ

It is not right for one who has placed his hopes

It is not right that one who has hoped for its delay before

In someone like you to be repaid with refusal.

Like you should be rewarded with its prevention