يَلُومُونَنِي في الْجُودِ وَالْجُودُ مُزْنَةٌ

يَلُومُونَنِي في الْجُودِ وَالْجُودُ مُزْنَةٌ

إِذَا هَمَلَتْ فِي مَوْضِعٍ نَبَتَ الشُّكْرُ

إِذَا هَمَلَتْ فِي مَوْضِعٍ نَبَتَ الشُّكْرُ

They blame me for generosity, yet generosity is a rain cloud;

They blame me for my generosity, yet generosity is a virtue

When it rains upon a place, gratitude sprouts.

If withheld in any instance, gratitude springs forth

إِذَا الْمَرْءُ لَمْ يُنْفِقْ مِنَ الْمَالِ وُسْعَ مَا

إِذَا الْمَرْءُ لَمْ يُنْفِقْ مِنَ الْمَالِ وُسْعَ مَا

دَعَتْهُ الْمَعَالِي فَالثَّراءُ هُوَ الْفَقْرُ

دَعَتْهُ الْمَعَالِي فَالثَّراءُ هُوَ الْفَقْرُ

If a man does not spend from his wealth as much as

When a man does not spend of his wealth to the utmost extent

Noble pursuits call him to, then wealth itself is poverty.

That noble ideals invite him, his riches are poverty