1. My sorrows and worries have doubled,
For I have lost my friends and brothers.

2. He who has angered me - if he were just,
Would appease me.

3. The nights in their cycles,
Rule over the quarrel of two companions.

4. In the tribulations of fate, if examined,
Are two tastes - of sweetness and bitterness.

5. The habit of days in their deeds
Mix good and evil.

6. Those heights rely steadfastly
On Ayyub son of Suleiman.

7. Upon a man who was not accustomed in his pursuits
To weakness of effort or retreat.

8. Generosity has passed and what remains
Is neither first to be hoped for nor last.

9. Patience, oh Abu Al-Abbas, patience
In an intricate, serious matter.

10. An affliction whose consequences
Flow between the eternal and the ephemeral.