إِن قَلَّ نَفعُكَ في أَرضٍ حَلَلتَ بِها

سافِر لِتُدرِكَ قَصداً أَو تَرى أَمَلا

If little there is your benefit in a land you have entered

Travel that you may gain your purpose or see some hope

فَالبيضُ لَو لا زَمَت أَغمادَها صَدِئَت

وَالشَمسُ لَو لَم تَسِر ما حَلَّتِ الحَمَلا

For eggs, had they not clung to their cases, would have rotted

And the sun, had it not traveled, it would not have risen radiant