قُلتُ إِذ كَرَّرَ المَقالَةَ يَكفي

قُلتُ إِذ كَرَّرَ المَقالَةَ يَكفي

أَنتَ أَولى بِدِرهَمي أَم عِيالي

أَنتَ أَولى بِدِرهَمي أَم عِيالي

I said, when he repeated his words, “Enough!

I said, as he kept repeating his request, “Enough!

Are you more entitled to my dirham, or my family?

Are you more entitled to my dirham than my family?

لَستُ مِمَّن يَكونُ يَخدَعُهُ مِث

لَستُ مِمَّن يَكونُ يَخدَعُهُ مِث

لُكَ فَاِعلَم بِهَذِهِ الأَقوالِ

لُكَ فَاِعلَم بِهَذِهِ الأَقوالِ

I am not one who can be deceived by someone like

I'm not one who can be deceived by the like.

you—know this—with these words.

So know, from these words,

ما أُؤَدّي الزَكاةَ إِلّا كَما يُعصَرُ زِق

ما أُؤَدّي الزَكاةَ إِلّا كَما يُعصَرُ زِق

قٌ مُعَسَّلٌ بِالحِبالِ

قٌ مُعَسَّلٌ بِالحِبالِ

I pay the alms-tax only as one squeezes a leather

That I won't pay alms except as juice is squeezed

bag filled with honey, using ropes.”

From a dried grape skin tied with ropes.”