1. When people see a wealthy man beside his poor neighbor,
They say he's helpless and cowardly.
١. متى ما يرى الناسُ الغنيّ وجارُه
فقير يقولوا عاجز وجَليد
2. But wealth and poverty are not the result of a young man's cunning -
Rather, they are fortunes divinely ordained.
٢. وليس الغنى والفقرُ من حيلةِ الفتى
ولكن أحاظٍ قُسِّمت وجدود
3. That a man should retire and rise up safe
From other men, except for what he has sown for himself.
٣. وأن امرأً يُمسي ويصبح سالماً
من الناس الا ما جنى لسعيد