1. If sustenance is straitened for you in a town,
Then there are other lands whose sustenance is not so straitened.
١. إِذا ضاقَ بابُ الرِّزقِ عَنكَ بِبَلدَةٍ
فثَمَّ بِلادٌ رِزقُها غَيرُ ضَيِّقِ
2. Beware of dwelling in an abode of humiliation,
Lest you suffer with a brimming cup of ignominy.
٢. وَإيَّاكَ وَالسُّكنى بِدَارِ مَذَلَّةٍ
فَتَشقَى بِكَأسِ الذِّلَّةِ المُتَدفِّقِ
3. The spacious earth has not been straitened for you,
Nor has the door of Allah's sustenance been closed to you.
٣. فَمَا ضاقَتِ الدُنيا عَلَيكَ بِرَحبِهَا
وَلا بابُ رِزقِ اللَّه عَنكَ بِمُغلَقِ