تَسريحُ كَفِيَّ بُرغوثاً ظَفِرتُ بِهِ

تَسريحُ كَفِيَّ بُرغوثاً ظَفِرتُ بِهِ

أَبُرُّ مِن دِرهَمٍ تُعطيهِ مُحتاجا

أَبُرُّ مِن دِرهَمٍ تُعطيهِ مُحتاجا

My hand's release of a flea I have caught

My hand releasing a flea I had captured

Is more righteous than a dirham you give someone in need.

Is dearer than giving a coin to one in need

لا فَرقَ بَينَ الأَسَكَّ الجَونِ أُطلِقُهُ

لا فَرقَ بَينَ الأَسَكَّ الجَونِ أُطلِقُهُ

وَجَونِ كِندَةَ أَمسى يَعقُدُ التاجا

وَجَونِ كِندَةَ أَمسى يَعقُدُ التاجا

There is no difference between the earless black flea I release

No difference between freeing the light brown prisoner

And Jawn of Kinda, who now binds on the crown.

Or the darkcomplected Kindah wearing a crown

كِلاهُما يَتَوَقى وَالحَياةُ لَهُ

كِلاهُما يَتَوَقى وَالحَياةُ لَهُ

حَبيبَةٌ وَيَرومُ العَيشَ مُهتاجا

حَبيبَةٌ وَيَرومُ العَيشَ مُهتاجا

Both guard themselves, and life to each

They both desire life and it is dear to them

Is dear, and each seeks, agitated, to live.

A beloved thing while seeking life ardently