متى ما يرى الناسُ الغنيّ وجارُه

متى ما يرى الناسُ الغنيّ وجارُه

فقير يقولوا عاجز وجَليد

فقير يقولوا عاجز وجَليد

Whenever people see a rich man whose neighbor

Whenever people see a wealthy man while his neighbor

When people see a wealthy man beside his poor neighbor,

is poor, they call one helpless and the other capable.

is poor, they call the poor man incapable and the rich man capable.

They say he's helpless and cowardly.

وليس الغنى والفقرُ من حيلةِ الفتى

وليس الغنى والفقرُ من حيلةِ الفتى

ولكن أحاظٍ قُسِّمت وجدود

ولكن أحاظٍ قُسِّمت وجدود

Neither wealth nor poverty comes from a young man’s resourcefulness;

And wealth and poverty do not arise from a young man's resourcefulness,

But wealth and poverty are not the result of a young man's cunning -

rather, they are allotted shares and turns of fortune.

but are allotted shares and fortunes.

Rather, they are fortunes divinely ordained.

وأن امرأً يُمسي ويصبح سالماً

وأن امرأً يُمسي ويصبح سالماً

من الناس الا ما جنى لسعيد

من الناس الا ما جنى لسعيد

And surely, a man who reaches evening and morning unharmed

And indeed, a man who passes evening and morning safe

That a man should retire and rise up safe

by others—save for what he himself has incurred—is fortunate.

from people, except for what he brings upon himself, is truly fortunate.

From other men, except for what he has sown for himself.