ما اِبيَضَّ وَجهُ المَرءِ في طَلَبِ العُلى

حَتّى يُسَوَّدَ وَجهُهُ في البيدِ

The face of man does not turn white in seeking glory

Until it is blackened in tribulation

وَصَدَقتِ إِنَّ الرِزقَ يَطلُبُ أَهلَهُ

لَكِن بِحيلَةِ مُتعَبٍ مَكدودِ

Indeed sustenance seeks out its people

But through the device of an exhausted, worn out man