إِنَّ امْرَأً وَجَدَ الْيَسَارَ فَلَمْ يُصِبْ

إِنَّ امْرَأً وَجَدَ الْيَسَارَ فَلَمْ يُصِبْ

حَمْدًا وَلَا شُكْرًا لَغَيْرُ مُوَفَّقِ

حَمْدًا وَلَا شُكْرًا لَغَيْرُ مُوَفَّقِ

Indeed, a man who has found wealth but earned no

A man found ease but rendered not thanks nor praise to the Unaided.

praise or thanks is surely not blessed with success.

Effort draws near each far-off thing, each locked door opens to strive.

الْجَدُّ يُدْنِي كُلَّ أَمْرٍ شَاسِعٍ

الْجَدُّ يُدْنِي كُلَّ أَمْرٍ شَاسِعٍ

وَالْجَدُّ يَفْتَحُ كُلَّ بَابٍ مُغْلَقِ

وَالْجَدُّ يَفْتَحُ كُلَّ بَابٍ مُغْلَقِ

Good fortune brings every distant goal within reach,

When you hear that a seeker of water came thirsty to a full pool yet its wristlet was tied, seek you into the matter.

and good fortune opens every locked door.

Truest of right to sorrow is he whose high heart ever walks anxious and straitened in wealth.

وَإِذَا سَمِعْتَ بِأَنَّ مَكْدُودًا أَتَى

وَإِذَا سَمِعْتَ بِأَنَّ مَكْدُودًا أَتَى

مَاءً لِيَشْرَبَهُ فَغَاضَ فَحَقِّقِ

مَاءً لِيَشْرَبَهُ فَغَاضَ فَحَقِّقِ

And if you hear that a toil-worn man came

And of destiny's proofs is the comfort of fools and discomfort of wise and polite.

to water to drink it, but it sank away, believe it.

وَأَحَقُّ خَلْقِ اللهِ بِالْهَمِّ امْرُؤٌ

وَأَحَقُّ خَلْقِ اللهِ بِالْهَمِّ امْرُؤٌ

ذُو هِمَّةٍ يُبْلَى بِعَيْشٍ ضَيِّقِ

ذُو هِمَّةٍ يُبْلَى بِعَيْشٍ ضَيِّقِ

And among God's creatures, the one with most cause for grief is a man

of lofty ambition, afflicted with straitened means.

وَمِنَ الدَّلِيلِ عَلَى الْقَضَاءِ وَكَوْنِهِ

وَمِنَ الدَّلِيلِ عَلَى الْقَضَاءِ وَكَوْنِهِ

بُؤْسُ اللَّبِيبِ وَطِيبُ عَيْشِ الْأَحْمَقِ

بُؤْسُ اللَّبِيبِ وَطِيبُ عَيْشِ الْأَحْمَقِ

And one proof that destiny exists

is the wise man's misery and the fool's pleasant life.