إِنّيindeed I اِغتَرَبتُI went abroad أُرَجّيI hope أَنto أَنالI attain غنىwealth
إِنّي اِغتَرَبتُ أُرَجّي أَن أَنال غنى
وَلَمand not أَكُنI was أَوّلَthe first الفِتيانthe young men مُغتَرِباaway from home
وَلَم أَكُن أَوّلَ الفِتيان مُغتَرِبا
Indeed, I went abroad, hoping to gain wealth,
I migrated in hope of gaining wealth,
and I was not the first young man to leave his homeland.
Yet I was not the first youth to migrate.
فَإِنso if رَجَعتُI return وَلَمand not أَرجِعI return بِفائِدَةwith a gain
فَإِن رَجَعتُ وَلَم أَرجِع بِفائِدَة
فَلَستُthen I am not أَوّلَthe first منone whom أَخطاهُeluded him ماwhat طَلَباhe sought
فَلَستُ أَوّلَ من أَخطاهُ ما طَلَبا
So if I return without any gain,
If I return without profiting,
then I am not the first to miss what he sought.
I'll not be the first one his quest betrayed.
وَكَيفَand how بِالرِّزقwith sustenance ليfor me أَمor كَيفhow يَجلِبُهbrings it
وَكَيفَ بِالرِّزق لي أَم كَيف يَجلِبُه
سَعيstriving إِذاif اللَّهُGod لَمnot يَجعَلprovides لهfor it سَبَباa means
سَعي إِذا اللَّهُ لَم يَجعَل له سَبَبا
And how can sustenance be mine, or how can it be brought
How can I earn a living, or how can it come to me
by striving, if God has provided no means for it?
When God did not destine for it a cause?
لَوif شاءَwilled رَبّيmy Lord أَقَمناwe stayed فيin مواطِنناour homelands
لَو شاءَ رَبّي أَقَمنا في مواطِننا
حَتّىuntil يَسوقHe drives إِلَيناto us رِزقَناour sustenance جَلَباbringing in
حَتّى يَسوق إِلَينا رِزقَنا جَلَبا
Had my Lord willed, we would have stayed in our homelands,
Had my Lord willed, we'd have stayed in our homelands
until He drove our sustenance to us, bringing it in,
Till sustenance flowed to us without our stir.
وَجاءand He brought بِالرِّزقِwith sustenance فيin خَفضease وَفيand in دَعَةrepose
وَجاء بِالرِّزقِ في خَفض وَفي دَعَة
وَلمand not نُعالِجwe endured لَهُfor it الأَسفارَjourneys وَالتَّعَباand toil
وَلم نُعالِج لَهُ الأَسفارَ وَالتَّعَبا
and brought sustenance in ease and repose,
And livelihood came to us in ease and plenty,
and we would not have endured journeys and toil for it.
Without the hardship of travel and toil.
مَهماwhatever رُزِقناهwe were granted it منof شَيءa thing سَيَطلُبُناwill seek us out
مَهما رُزِقناه من شَيء سَيَطلُبُنا
وَلاand not نُطيقwe are able لماfor what قَدalready فاتَناpassed us by طَلَباpursuit
وَلا نُطيق لما قَد فاتَنا طَلَبا
Whatever we are allotted will seek us out,
Whatever we're granted, we shall seek more -
and we cannot pursue what has already passed us by.
Unable to endure the loss of what eluded our quest.
إِذاif سَلِمتُI remain unscathed لِعرضas regards honor لاnot أُدَنِّسهI stain it
إِذا سَلِمتُ لِعرض لا أُدَنِّسه
فَماthen not أُباليI care أَجاءwhether it came الرِّزقsustenance أَمor ذَهَباit went away
فَما أُبالي أَجاء الرِّزق أَم ذَهَبا
If I remain unscathed in honor, never staining it,
If I safeguard my honor, untainted,
then I do not care whether sustenance comes or goes.
I care not whether provision comes or goes.
Sol 6.1