لا أُلفِيَنَّكَ ثاويا في غُربَةٍ

إنَّ الغريبَ بِكلِّ سَهمٍ يُرشَقُ

I will not find you settled in a foreign land

For the stranger is struck by every arrow

والناسُ في طَلَبِ المَعَاشِ وإنّما

بالجدِّ يُرزَقُ منهم من يُرزَقُ

And people seek livelihood, yet

Only those destined are provided

ولَو أنَّهم رُزِقوا على أقدارهم

ألفيتَ أكثرَ ما ترى يَتَصدَّقُ

And if they were given according to their worth

You would find most of them begging

ما الناسُ إلا عاملانِ فعاملٌ

قد مات من عَطَشٍ وآخرُ يَغرَقُ

People are but two workers; one

Died of thirst, while the other drowns