冬藏夏来见。
兄弟两三人，
In summer they come, in winter they go. However, for us poor migrant farmhands,
流宕在他县。
故衣谁当补？
We have to wander on the distant lands. Who will mend the ragged coat for me?
新衣谁当绽？
赖得贤主人，
Who will make another coat for me? My landlady is kind-hearted indeed;
览取为我纽。
夫婿从门来，
She mends the coat for me when I’m in need. When her husband comes into the yard,
斜倚西北呷。
“语卿且勿呷，
He looks askance at us severe and hard. The stones are visible from the waters clear.”
石见何累累，
远行不如归。
Alas! how hard it is to make things manifest! East, west, home is indeed the best.