وَلَدي بأجُرَتكُمْ غداَ مُسْترهَنا

وَلَدي بأجُرَتكُمْ غداَ مُسْترهَنا

يبغي التّسَحُّبَ وهَو مِثليَ مُفْلسُ

يبغي التّسَحُّبَ وهَو مِثليَ مُفْلسُ

My son has become a pledge for your fee.

My earnings are mortgaged tomorrow

He seeks to slip away, and he is penniless like me.

Seemingly bankrupt, they seek to be dismissed

إنْ تُطلِقوهُ فأنتُمُ أهلُ النّدى

إنْ تُطلِقوهُ فأنتُمُ أهلُ النّدى

أو تَحِسبوهُ فالخرا لا يُحْبَسُ

أو تَحِسبوهُ فالخرا لا يُحْبَسُ

If you release him, then you are generous folk.

If you let them go, you are gracious

Or if you detain him, shit cannot be held in.

Or if you hold them back, virtue cannot be contained