وكم من فتى يسعى ويحرم دائبا

وآخر يؤتى رزقه وهو عاجز

How many a youth strives and is deprived

While another is granted his livelihood, helpless

وربتما نال الكرامة ألكنٌ

وأُخِّرَ عن نيل المطالب راجز

Perhaps an unworthy man attains glory

Yet a worthy one fails, disappointed