عَطاؤُكَ زَين لامريء إِن أَصَبتَه

عَطاؤُكَ زَين لامريء إِن أَصَبتَه

بِخَير وَما كلّ العَطاء يزينُ

بِخَير وَما كلّ العَطاء يزينُ

Your giving adorns a man, if you favor him

Your gift adorns no man if you grant it

Your bounty is an adornment for a man if you bestow it well, for not every gift adorns,

with kindness; not all giving adorns.

With kindness, yet not all gifts adorn.

Nor is it shameful for a man to humble his face before you, though some requests bring disgrace.

وَلَيسَ بِعار بامريء بَذلُ وَجهه

وَلَيسَ بِعار بامريء بَذلُ وَجهه

إِلَيكَ كَما بَعض السُؤال يَشينُ

إِلَيكَ كَما بَعض السُؤال يَشينُ

Nor is it shameful for a man to humble his face

No shame to a man offering his face

before you, as some begging brings shame.

To you, though some requests bring scorn.