عَزاء عَزاء أَيُّها الشَهم وَاِحتسب

عَزاء عَزاء أَيُّها الشَهم وَاِحتسب

وَأَيقن بِأَن اللَه ما شاءَ يَفعَل

وَأَيقن بِأَن اللَه ما شاءَ يَفعَل

Take comfort, take comfort, O gallant man, and seek God’s reward.

Take comfort, take comfort, O noble man, and seek God's reward.

And be certain that God does whatever He wills.

And be certain that God does whatever He wills.

تَجلد وَلا تَبد التَضجر وَالأَسي

تَجلد وَلا تَبد التَضجر وَالأَسي

فَأَنك مِمَن لِلمَعالي تؤهل

فَأَنك مِمَن لِلمَعالي تؤهل

Stand firm, and let neither vexation nor sorrow show.

Be steadfast, and show neither discontent nor sorrow.

For you are among those fitted for lofty attainments.

For you are among those fitted for lofty attainments.

وَأَنتَ بِحَمد اللَه أَول عارف

وَأَنتَ بِحَمد اللَه أَول عارف

بِأَن الكَريم الحُر لا يَتَزَلزل

بِأَن الكَريم الحُر لا يَتَزَلزل

And you are—praise be to God—the first to know

And you, praise be to God, are the first to know

that the noble, freeborn man never wavers.

that a noble, freeborn man does not waver.

فَيا طالَما غذاك بِالحلم وَالتُقى

فَيا طالَما غذاك بِالحلم وَالتُقى

أَبوك وَصَعب الأَمر بِالصَبر يَسهل

أَبوك وَصَعب الأَمر بِالصَبر يَسهل

How often he nurtured you in forbearance and piety—

For, oh, how often you were nourished with forbearance and piety

your father; and through patience, the hard matter grows easy.

by your father; and a difficult matter becomes easy through patience.