1. بَكَيتُ فَلَمّا لَم أَرَ الدَمعَ نافِعي

    رَجَعتُ إِلى صَبرٍ أَمَرَّ مِنَ الصَبرِ

    I wept; when I found that tears were of no use to me,

    I turned to patience more bitter than aloe sap.

  2. وَقَدَّرتُ أَنَّ الصَبرَ بَعدَ فِراقِهِم

    يُساعِدُني وَقتاً فَعُزّيتُ عَن صَبري

    And I thought that patience, after parting from them,

    would sustain me awhile—but I was consoled for the loss of my patience.