1. O virtuous one who has attained the pride of virtue through his manners
And has gained more pride that surpasses pride through his lineage

2. As for time, it is blameworthy in its turns
And patience is more fitting for the perplexed in their affliction

3. And whoever is astonished by its events, I am astonished
By his words, and he is knowledgeable of its reversals

4. And fate in the distribution of sustenance according to the artist
Is a secret that squeezes the heart of the perceptive one in its perplexity

5. Take each day as it comes, and if the calamities of fate gush forth
Receive them on their heels willingly, or else you will receive them unwillingly

6. And gratitude is better earned by one who accepts willingly
If you contemplate the blame of fate, you will not see it

7. As a fate, in order to justify the Ordainer in its reason
But it is the self that complains of its worries in disgruntlement

8. The lack of certainty by the light of anxiety within it and through it
And sometimes one chooses a matter that tires them

9. And they do not know the sincerity of a person from their lies
It is for that reason that what has been said in the proverb is so well put

10. Its poet has excellently elucidated its meaning
How many are eager for something to attain it

11. Perhaps its attainment will bring them closer to their mending