નસીબ વારે નસીબ વા, ક્યાં ઉડીને જાય; નાકેથી ઉડી વચમાં બેઠો, ત્યાં પણ લૂખું ખાય.

nasība vārē nasība vā, kyāṁ uḍīnē jāya; nākēthī uḍī vacamāṁ bēṭhō, tyāṁ paṇa lūkhuṁ khāya.

બૃહદ કહેવત કથાસાગર (Bruhad Kahevat Kathasagar) (1920) · read from the scan by machine — the Gujarati itself is unchecked · awaiting its meaning

Heard it differently, or know we've got the sense wrong? Tell us — that is exactly the kind of correction this needs.