1. Abu Qasim, trials hold no weight for the resolute,
Nor do calamities, but in you hopes are resolute,

2. Your determination does not waver with events,
Decisive, needing no patience for predicaments,

3. Contemplate the turns of fate, for contemplation
Uncovers the secrets of affairs for examination,

4. Do you see one fortunate in a state that pleases,
When perfected, not originating, changing uneases?

5. We live as ordeals desire, driving us
Down routes of hopes, wronging and making right unsure,

6. If we contemplate ordeals and their vexation on us,
We know we are making excuses to rationalize.

7. But short is the patience of the steadfast, yet the more
Advances the patience of a youth, the finer it is.