مَن لَم تَضُمَّ الضُيوفَ ساحَتُهُ

مَن لَم تَضُمَّ الضُيوفَ ساحَتُهُ

فَسِترُهُ أَن تَضُمَّهُ الحُفرَه

فَسِترُهُ أَن تَضُمَّهُ الحُفرَه

Whoever's courtyard has not embraced guests,

He whose abode guests fail to fill

his concealment lies in the grave's embrace.

Will but fill a space in the ground.

وَمَن تَمادى في شُحِّهِ نَفَرَت

وَمَن تَمادى في شُحِّهِ نَفَرَت

مِن قُربِهِ الناسُ أَيَّما نَفرَه

مِن قُربِهِ الناسُ أَيَّما نَفرَه

And whoever persists in his avarice—people recoil

And he who persists in meanness

from his company with utter aversion.

People will shun him however he yearns.

وَاللُؤمُ يُذري مِن قَدرِ صاحِبِهِ

وَاللُؤمُ يُذري مِن قَدرِ صاحِبِهِ

حَتّى لَقَد كادَ يَقتَضي كُفرَه

حَتّى لَقَد كادَ يَقتَضي كُفرَه

And baseness detracts from its possessor's standing,

Ingratitude ruins its owner

to the point that it nearly implies his unbelief.

Till he merits his own curse.

وَمَن غَدا عِرضُهُ المُهَلَّبُ في ال

وَمَن غَدا عِرضُهُ المُهَلَّبُ في ال

ناسِ غَدا وَجهُهُ أَبا صُفرَه

ناسِ غَدا وَجهُهُ أَبا صُفرَه

And whoever's honor becomes al-Muhallab ('stripped bare') among the

He who bares his rear to people

people, his face becomes Abu Sufrah ('father of yellowness').

Will bare his face yellow as a fan.