وَبَاخِلٍ يَشنَأُ الأَضيافَ حَلَّ بهِ

وَبَاخِلٍ يَشنَأُ الأَضيافَ حَلَّ بهِ

ضَيفٌ مِن الصَّفْعِ نَزَّالٌ علَى القِمَمِ

ضَيفٌ مِن الصَّفْعِ نَزَّالٌ علَى القِمَمِ

And a miser who loathes guests was visited

A stingy man who spurned his guests

By a guest of slaps, ever descending upon crowns.

Was visited by one from Safa descending the peaks.

سَاءَلْتُهُ ماالذي تَشْكُو فَأَنشَدني

سَاءَلْتُهُ ماالذي تَشْكُو فَأَنشَدني

ضَيْفٌ أَلَمَّ بِرأْسي غَيرُ مُحتَشِمِ

ضَيْفٌ أَلَمَّ بِرأْسي غَيرُ مُحتَشِمِ

I asked him, “What do you complain of?” So he recited to me:

I asked him, "What is your complaint?" He recited to me:

“A guest has alighted on my head, unabashed.”

"A guest has pained my head, possessing no modesty."