1. Do not fear grief like passing clouds
For soon its full moon will shine bright
١. لا تخش من غمِّ كغيم عارض
فلسوفَ يسفر عن إضاءة بدرِه
2. If you hear my state from a narrator
It's as though I narrate good tidings
٢. إن تمس عن عبَّاس حالكَ راوياً
فكأنني بك راوياً عن بشره
3. Events pass by the young man
And fade even from his thoughts
٣. ولقد تمرّ الحادِثات على الفتى
وتزول حتى ما تمر بفكرِه
4. It is time, if it wrongs it does not apologize
And makes its excuses after the harm
٤. وهو الزمان إذا جنى لم يعتذر
ويقوم من خلف الأذان بعذره
5. Be easy, for many grave matters
Were repelled by a defence none expected
٥. هوِّن عليك فربَّ خطبٍ هائل
دُفِعت قواه بدافعٍ لم تدرِه
6. And for many a night amidst worries like darkness
I was patient until I obtained its dawn
٦. ولرُبَّ ليلٍ في الهمومِ كدمل
صابرته حتَّى ظفرت بفجرِه
7. And perhaps time may wrong a man
Yet wonder at the sweetness of his patience
٧. ولربَّما يجني الزمان على امرئٍ
مجنى ويا عجباً حلاوة صبرِه
8. And perhaps you will be judge of a group
So be patient with the sweet and bitter of time
٨. ولربَّما أصبحت قاضي معشرٍ
فاصْبر على حلو الزمان ومرِّه