وقالواand they said اضطربtravel about فيin الأرضthe earth فالرزقُfor sustenance واسعٌplentiful
وقالوا اضطرب في الأرض فالرزقُ واسعٌ
فقلتُso I said ولكنand yet مَطلبُthe means of obtaining الرزقِsustenance ضيِّقُnarrow
فقلتُ ولكن مَطلبُ الرزقِ ضيِّقُ
And they said, “Range across the land, for sustenance is abundant.”
And they said, "Roam the earth, for sustenance is plentiful."
I said, “But the pursuit of sustenance is straitened:
So I said, "But the path to sustenance is narrow.
إذاif لمnot يكُنbe فيin الأرضthe earth حُرٌّa noble man يُعينُنيhelps me
إذا لم يكُن في الأرض حُرٌّ يُعينُني
ولمand not يكُbe ليfor me كَسبٌearnings فمنthen from أينwhere أُرزقُI am provided for
ولم يكُ لي كَسبٌ فمن أين أُرزقُ
if there is no free and noble man in the land to help me,
If there is no noble man on earth to help me,
and I have no means of earning, then whence shall I be sustained?”
and I have no earnings, then from where shall I receive sustenance?"