إِنّي اِغتَرَبتُ أُرَجّي أَن أَنال غنى

إِنّي اِغتَرَبتُ أُرَجّي أَن أَنال غنى

وَلَم أَكُن أَوّلَ الفِتيان مُغتَرِبا

وَلَم أَكُن أَوّلَ الفِتيان مُغتَرِبا

Indeed, I went abroad, hoping to gain wealth,

I migrated in hope of gaining wealth,

and I was not the first young man to leave his homeland.

Yet I was not the first youth to migrate.

فَإِن رَجَعتُ وَلَم أَرجِع بِفائِدَة

فَإِن رَجَعتُ وَلَم أَرجِع بِفائِدَة

فَلَستُ أَوّلَ من أَخطاهُ ما طَلَبا

فَلَستُ أَوّلَ من أَخطاهُ ما طَلَبا

So if I return without any gain,

If I return without profiting,

then I am not the first to miss what he sought.

I'll not be the first one his quest betrayed.

وَكَيفَ بِالرِّزق لي أَم كَيف يَجلِبُه

وَكَيفَ بِالرِّزق لي أَم كَيف يَجلِبُه

سَعي إِذا اللَّهُ لَم يَجعَل له سَبَبا

سَعي إِذا اللَّهُ لَم يَجعَل له سَبَبا

And how can sustenance be mine, or how can it be brought

How can I earn a living, or how can it come to me

by striving, if God has provided no means for it?

When God did not destine for it a cause?

لَو شاءَ رَبّي أَقَمنا في مواطِننا

لَو شاءَ رَبّي أَقَمنا في مواطِننا

حَتّى يَسوق إِلَينا رِزقَنا جَلَبا

حَتّى يَسوق إِلَينا رِزقَنا جَلَبا

Had my Lord willed, we would have stayed in our homelands,

Had my Lord willed, we'd have stayed in our homelands

until He drove our sustenance to us, bringing it in,

Till sustenance flowed to us without our stir.

وَجاء بِالرِّزقِ في خَفض وَفي دَعَة

وَجاء بِالرِّزقِ في خَفض وَفي دَعَة

وَلم نُعالِج لَهُ الأَسفارَ وَالتَّعَبا

وَلم نُعالِج لَهُ الأَسفارَ وَالتَّعَبا

and brought sustenance in ease and repose,

And livelihood came to us in ease and plenty,

and we would not have endured journeys and toil for it.

Without the hardship of travel and toil.

مَهما رُزِقناه من شَيء سَيَطلُبُنا

مَهما رُزِقناه من شَيء سَيَطلُبُنا

وَلا نُطيق لما قَد فاتَنا طَلَبا

وَلا نُطيق لما قَد فاتَنا طَلَبا

Whatever we are allotted will seek us out,

Whatever we're granted, we shall seek more -

and we cannot pursue what has already passed us by.

Unable to endure the loss of what eluded our quest.

إِذا سَلِمتُ لِعرض لا أُدَنِّسه

إِذا سَلِمتُ لِعرض لا أُدَنِّسه

فَما أُبالي أَجاء الرِّزق أَم ذَهَبا

فَما أُبالي أَجاء الرِّزق أَم ذَهَبا

If I remain unscathed in honor, never staining it,

If I safeguard my honor, untainted,

then I do not care whether sustenance comes or goes.

I care not whether provision comes or goes.