إِذا ضاقَ بابُ الرِّزقِ عَنكَ بِبَلدَةٍ

فثَمَّ بِلادٌ رِزقُها غَيرُ ضَيِّقِ

If sustenance is straitened for you in a town,

Then there are other lands whose sustenance is not so straitened.

وَإيَّاكَ وَالسُّكنى بِدَارِ مَذَلَّةٍ

فَتَشقَى بِكَأسِ الذِّلَّةِ المُتَدفِّقِ

Beware of dwelling in an abode of humiliation,

Lest you suffer with a brimming cup of ignominy.

فَمَا ضاقَتِ الدُنيا عَلَيكَ بِرَحبِهَا

وَلا بابُ رِزقِ اللَّه عَنكَ بِمُغلَقِ

The spacious earth has not been straitened for you,

Nor has the door of Allah's sustenance been closed to you.