1. If livelihoods flowed to each
As much as servants merit,
١. لَو كانَتِ الأَرزاقُ تَجري عَلى
مِقدارِ ما يَستاهَلُ العَبدُ
2. Employed would be employer,
Sadness vanish, fortune appear,
٢. لَكانَ مَن يُخدَمُ مُستَخدِماً
وَغابَ نَحسٌ وَبَدا سَعدُ
3. Time would favor the worthy,
Glory and might connect.
٣. وَاِعتَدَلَ الدَهرُ إِلى أَهلِهِ
وَاِتَّصَلَ السُؤدُدُ وَالمَجدُ
4. But livelihoods flow as He alone ordains,
The One, the Singular, intends.
٤. لَكِنَّها تَجري عَلى سَمتِها
كَما يُريدُ الواحِدُ الفَردُ