إِن قَلَّ نَفعُكَ في أَرضٍ حَلَلتَ بِها

إِن قَلَّ نَفعُكَ في أَرضٍ حَلَلتَ بِها

سافِر لِتُدرِكَ قَصداً أَو تَرى أَمَلا

سافِر لِتُدرِكَ قَصداً أَو تَرى أَمَلا

If your gain is meager in a land where you have settled,

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

Travel to attain a goal or glimpse a hope.

Travel that you may gain your purpose or see some hope

فَالبيضُ لَو لا زَمَت أَغمادَها صَدِئَت

فَالبيضُ لَو لا زَمَت أَغمادَها صَدِئَت

وَالشَمسُ لَو لَم تَسِر ما حَلَّتِ الحَمَلا

وَالشَمسُ لَو لَم تَسِر ما حَلَّتِ الحَمَلا

For gleaming swords would rust if they remained in their sheaths,

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

And had the sun not traveled, it would not have entered Aries.

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