1. I awoke in comfort and prosperity,
Yet departed in sorrow and gloom.

2. I was pained that evil should come
From one whose company I kept in good faith.

3. I was heedless of time
As its vicissitudes and events turned against me.

4. Regret availed me naught when it seized me,
For its ropes had bound my ropes.

5. Its events toyed with me, and with dignity
And men it toyed step by step.

6. Thus time is peace for some people at times,
And at times their war on an arena of contention.

7. So patience during tribulations is a treasure
By which you attain the best outcome.

8. Perhaps God will soon set things right,
For the unraveling of knots is not hard for Him.

9. You will then be saved from the turns of an evil time,
Like a sword cleansed with polishing.

10. Troubles will recede, giving way to joy,
As the new moon's emergence follows darkness.