رَأَيتُ سَحاباً خِلتُهُ مُتَدَفِّقاً

فَأَنجَمَ لَم يُمطِر وَإِن حَسُنَ الخَرجُ

I saw a cloud I thought was pouring forth;

Then it cleared without raining, though fair was its outward show.

وَكَم فاتَكَ الشَيءُ الَّذي كُنتَ راجِياً

وَجاءَكَ بِالمِقدارِ ما لَم تَكُن تَرجو

How often what you had hoped for has passed you by,

And what you had never hoped for came to you in its allotted measure.