سَفُّ السَويقِ ونَفخُ البوقِ ما اجتَمعا

لواحِدٍ مذ برى اللهُ الأنامَ معا

the boiling of porridge and the blowing of the bugle have not come together

for any single one since Allah created all mankind

فاسعَدْ بأيِّهِما ما شئتَ واسْعَ لَهُ

ودعْ سِواهُ وقلِّمْ دونَهُ الطَّمَعا

so be happy with whichever of them you wish, and give it free rein

and leave the other well alone and cut short your hopes of it