يا ليتهم حين صَيَّروا خَدَما

يا ليتهم حين صَيَّروا خَدَما

عُمَّالَ كمل حُكما

عُمَّالَ كمل حُكما

Oh, if only, when they made servants

Oh, if only when they made servants into workers,

into officials, accomplished and wise,

With perfect governance,

جَرَوا على ذلك القياسِ بأن

جَرَوا على ذلك القياسِ بأن

تصيرَ عُمّالُهم لهم خَدما

تصيرَ عُمّالُهم لهم خَدما

they had followed that analogy, so that

They had applied this principle so that

their officials would become servants to them.

Their workers would become servants to them.