قالَتْ حُرِمْتَ الغِنَى مِنْ حَيْثُ أُوتِيَهُ

قالَتْ حُرِمْتَ الغِنَى مِنْ حَيْثُ أُوتِيَهُ

سِواكَ والعُدْمُ مُشْتَقٌّ مِنَ العَدَمِ

سِواكَ والعُدْمُ مُشْتَقٌّ مِنَ العَدَمِ

She said, “You were denied wealth where it was granted

She said: "You are deprived of wealth from wherever it comes

to others; and ‘destitution’ derives from ‘nonexistence.’”

Except from you, and poverty stems from poverty."

فقُلتُ كُفِّي فليس العُدْمُ منقَصةً

فقُلتُ كُفِّي فليس العُدْمُ منقَصةً

وإنَّما المرءُ بالأخلاقِ والشِّيَمِ

وإنَّما المرءُ بالأخلاقِ والشِّيَمِ

So I said, “Enough, for destitution is no failing;

So I said: "Enough! For poverty is no disgrace,

a person's worth lies only in morals and character.

Rather man is known for his morals and virtues."

إن ضاقَ خطَّةُ حالي لمْ يضِقْ خُلُقي

إن ضاقَ خطَّةُ حالي لمْ يضِقْ خُلُقي

أو قصَّرَ المالُ لمْ تقصُرْ له هِمَمي

أو قصَّرَ المالُ لمْ تقصُرْ له هِمَمي

If my circumstances are straitened, my character is not;

"If my state becomes constricted, my ethics do not constrict,

or if money falls short, my aspirations do not fall short because of it.

Nor if money is scarce, are my aspirations shortened."

أمَا عَلِمْتِ وخيرُ العِلْمِ أنفعُهُ

أمَا عَلِمْتِ وخيرُ العِلْمِ أنفعُهُ

أنَّ الغِنَى غيرُ محسوبٍ مِنَ الكَرَمِ

أنَّ الغِنَى غيرُ محسوبٍ مِنَ الكَرَمِ

Have you not learned—and the best knowledge is the most useful—

"Do you not know - and the best knowledge is most useful -

that wealth is not reckoned part of noble character?

That wealth is not considered a virtue?"

أأحسبُ العُسْرَ جارًا لا يُفارقُني

أأحسبُ العُسْرَ جارًا لا يُفارقُني

وضامنُ اليُسْرِ عندي غيرُ متَّهَمِ

وضامنُ اليُسْرِ عندي غيرُ متَّهَمِ

Am I to regard hardship as a neighbor who never leaves me,

"Do I reckon difficulty an inseparable companion?

while, in my eyes, the guarantor of ease is beyond suspicion?”

And the guarantor of ease for me is none other than the Almighty."