لَو كانَتِ الأَرزاقُ تَجري عَلى

مِقدارِ ما يَستاهَلُ العَبدُ

If livelihoods flowed to each

If livelihoods were granted according to

As much as servants merit,

The measure of what the servant deserves,

لَكانَ مَن يُخدَمُ مُستَخدِماً

وَغابَ نَحسٌ وَبَدا سَعدُ

Employed would be employer,

Then he who is served would become a servant,

Sadness vanish, fortune appear,

And misfortune would vanish, and good fortune appear,

وَاِعتَدَلَ الدَهرُ إِلى أَهلِهِ

وَاِتَّصَلَ السُؤدُدُ وَالمَجدُ

Time would favor the worthy,

And Time would deal justly with its people,

Glory and might connect.

And nobility would be joined with glory,

لَكِنَّها تَجري عَلى سَمتِها

كَما يُريدُ الواحِدُ الفَردُ

But livelihoods flow as He alone ordains,

But they flow along their appointed course,

The One, the Singular, intends.

Just as the One, the Singular, wills.