لي راتبٌ لم يرضَ عبدي به
داءٌ له الحرمانُ عندي دوا
My pay that did not please my slave
The cure for it with me is to give
والشيءُ مهما قلَّ مقدارُهُ
كان العطا والمنعُ فيه سوا
And whatever small the thing may be
Giving and withholding it are the same
لي راتبٌ لم يرضَ عبدي به
داءٌ له الحرمانُ عندي دوا
My pay that did not please my slave
The cure for it with me is to give
والشيءُ مهما قلَّ مقدارُهُ
كان العطا والمنعُ فيه سوا
And whatever small the thing may be
Giving and withholding it are the same