1. I migrated in hope of gaining wealth,
Yet I was not the first youth to migrate.

2. If I return without profiting,
I'll not be the first one his quest betrayed.

3. How can I earn a living, or how can it come to me
When God did not destine for it a cause?

4. Had my Lord willed, we'd have stayed in our homelands
Till sustenance flowed to us without our stir.

5. And livelihood came to us in ease and plenty,
Without the hardship of travel and toil.

6. Whatever we're granted, we shall seek more -
Unable to endure the loss of what eluded our quest.

7. If I safeguard my honor, untainted,
I care not whether provision comes or goes.