1. يَعدو الرِياضَ الحَيا وَالأَرضُ مُجدِبَةٌ

    رِزقاً وَفي البَحرِ ذَيلُ السُحبِ مَسحوبُ

    Rain bypasses the gardens, though the earth is barren

    Of sustenance, while the clouds’ train trails across the sea.

  2. فَلا لِعَجزٍ تَعَدّى تِلكَ نائِلُهُ

    وَلا لِحِرصٍ سَقَت تِلكَ الشَآبيبُ

    So it was not for helplessness that its bounty passed those gardens by,

    Nor for eagerness that those downpours watered the sea.

  3. وَالرِزقُ يَأتي وَإِن لَم يَسعَ صاحِبُهُ

    حَتماً وَلكِن شَقاءُ المَرءِ مَكتوبُ

    And sustenance comes, even if its recipient does not strive,

    Inevitably—yet a person’s suffering is decreed.