1. Be patient when hardships assail you,
For after hardship comes ease.

2. Do not despair of joy after sadness,
For the days may fail you then help comes.

3. Jacob faced the sorrow of Joseph's loss,
Eighty years, yet hope was his friend.

4. When the days prolonged after him,
His joy of reunion banished the past.

5. Accept the decree of destiny with consent-
For consent for good deeds is surety.

6. Can a night of misfortune linger
When the dawn reveals hope's path?