رَضيتُ بمَكتوبِ القَضاء على راسي

وليسَ على الرّاضي المُفوِّضِ من بَاسِ

I have accepted what fate has ordained for my head

And for one resigned, there is no harm

فلا تعذلوني إنْ عَرِيتُ مِنَ الغنِى

وَبَّوأْتُ رَحلي بينَ فَقرٍ وإفلاسِ

So do not blame me if I am stripped of riches

And my belongings are between poverty and bankruptcy

فلو كنتُ أدري أينَ رِزقي طلبْتُهُ

ولكِنَّهُ عِلمٌ طَواهُ عنِ النَّاسِ

If I had known where my sustenance was I would have sought it

But such knowledge is veiled from people

ولو نسِيَ اللهُ العِبادَ دَعَوْتُهُ

لِيذكُرَني لكِنَّهُ ليسَ بالنَّاسي

And if God had forgotten His servants I would have called Him

To remember me, but He is not one to forget

فليسَ سِوى التَّفويضِ للمَرء حِيلَةٌ

يُعَلَّلُ مِنها بالرَّجاءِ وبالياسِ

So a person has no stratagem but resignation

Through which he swings between hope and despair