لكُلِّ امريءٍ رِزقٌ ولِلرّزقِ جالِبُ

لكُلِّ امريءٍ رِزقٌ ولِلرّزقِ جالِبُ

وَليسَ يَفوتُ المَرءُ ما خطَّ كاتِبُه

وَليسَ يَفوتُ المَرءُ ما خطَّ كاتِبُه

Every person has provision, and provision has a bringer.

For every man there is a portion, and for each portion a bringer,

And no person escapes what his scribe has written.

And no man misses what his writer has inscribed for him.

يُساق إِلى ذا رِزقُهُ وَهوَ وادِعٌ

يُساق إِلى ذا رِزقُهُ وَهوَ وادِعٌ

ويُحرَمُ هَذا الرِزقَ وَهوَ يُطالِبُهُ

ويُحرَمُ هَذا الرِزقَ وَهوَ يُطالِبُهُ

One man's provision is brought to him while he is at ease;

He whose share it is, is led to it though he be far removed,

And another is denied provision while he seeks it.

And he is debarred this share who strives to obtain it.

يَقولُ الفَتى ثمَّرتُ مالي وإِنَّما

يَقولُ الفَتى ثمَّرتُ مالي وإِنَّما

لِوارثِهِ ما ثَمّر المال كاسِبُهُ

لِوارثِهِ ما ثَمّر المال كاسِبُهُ

The young man says, 'I have made my wealth grow,' yet it is only

The youth says "I have hoarded my wealth" when in truth

For his heir that its earner has made the wealth grow.

It is for his heir that the gatherer of wealth has gathered it.

يُحاسِبُ فيهِ نَفسه بِحياتهِ

يُحاسِبُ فيهِ نَفسه بِحياتهِ

وَيَتركهُ نهباً لِمَن لا يُحاسِبُهُ

وَيَتركهُ نهباً لِمَن لا يُحاسِبُهُ

He calls himself to account over it during his lifetime,

He reckons himself for his life,

And leaves it as plunder for someone he does not call to account.

And leaves it as prey for one who will not reckon with him.

يَخيبُ الفَتى مِن حَيثُ يُرزَقُ غَيرهُ

يَخيبُ الفَتى مِن حَيثُ يُرزَقُ غَيرهُ

ويُعطى الفَتى مِن حَيتُ يُحرم صاحِبُه

ويُعطى الفَتى مِن حَيتُ يُحرم صاحِبُه

The young man is disappointed where another is provided for,

The youth is disappointed in the place where another is given his share,

And the young man receives provision where his companion is denied it.

And the youth is given in the place where his companion is refused.